title: [Acute dissection of the ascending aorta and major aortic insufficiency in Marfan's syndrome. Emergency operation with succes].
abstract: The authors report the case of acute dissection of the aorta (type I) with sudden aortic incompetence occurring in a young lady of 25 years of age with Marfan's syndrome. An urgent operation had a successful outcome; the ascending aorta was resected in toto, and replaced with a prosthesis, the coronary arteries being reimplanted.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Dissection aiguë de l'aorte ascendante et insuffisance aortique majeure dans un syndrome de Marfan. Intervention en urgence avec succés