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A young weightlifter died from an aortic dissection and was diagnosed with non-Marfan's fibrillinopathy upon autopsy, highlighting the need to consider AD in symptomatic patients with relevant history.
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Aortic dissection should be considered in young symptomatic patients with a family history of early cardiac death, connective tissue disorder signs, or who practice weightlifting.
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May support considering aortic dissection in symptomatic young weightlifters; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Aortic dissection (AD) is an uncommon condition that occurs mainly in the older patient population (>40 years). It is rare in younger people and is usually associated with trauma, Marfan's syndrome, or pregnancy. We report a case of a young weightlifter who died from an AD, and upon autopsy, was diagnosed as having non-Marfan's fibrillinopathy. We recommend that AD should be considered in symptomatic patients with any family history of early cardiac deaths, a history suggestive of a connective tissue disorder (that is, multiple joint surgeries) or who practise weightlifting.
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Christopher J. Hogan (2005) conducted a case report in Aortic dissection (n=1). Weightlifting and non-Marfan's fibrillinopathy was evaluated on Death from aortic dissection. A young weightlifter died from an aortic dissection and was diagnosed with non-Marfan's fibrillinopathy upon autopsy, highlighting the need to consider AD in symptomatic patients with relevant history.
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