Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine (Dec 2018)
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.
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