Population
A 17-year-old competitive athlete with acute chest and back pain
Design
Case report
Key result
Severe aortic coarctation and bicuspid aortic valve disease in a 17-year-old marathon runner resulted in a contained aortic rupture presenting as acute chest and back pain.
Authors
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Warrants vigilance for contained rupture in symptomatic young athletes with coarctation and bicuspid valve; leaves open screening and prevention questions.
Describes a rare case of severe aortic coarctation and bicuspid aortic valve disease presenting as contained aortic rupture in a young athlete.
Mihalj et al. (2020) studied this question. Severe aortic coarctation and bicuspid aortic valve disease in a 17-year-old marathon runner resulted in a contained aortic rupture presenting as acute chest and back pain.