A Rare Case of Severe Aortic Regurgitation with Silent Ascending Aortic Dissection

Abstract

Classically, ascending aortic dissection (AD) presents as sudden, severe chest pain that is tearing type and radiates to the back. Herein, we present a rare case of severe aortic regurgitation with silent ascending AD, which had no chest pain symptoms. The aortic valve apparatus probably masked this AD; therefore, it was not detected by echocardiography and during the surgery.

Keywords

• Aortic regurgitation
• Silent aortic dissection
• Rare aortic dissection