[Asymptomatic aortic dissection with large aneurysm of the ascending and the transverse aorta. Report of a case].
The authors present a cae of asymptomatic type I of the DeBakey aortic dissection with a voluminous aneurysm of the false channel. In the absence of suggestive symptoms, the diagnosis was established by chance through two dimensional echocardiography and later confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. They ignore the period of time between the beginning of the dissection and the diagnosis, but they consider that it could have exceeded five years. During that time, besides as well tolerated aortic incompetence and aneurysmatic enlargement of the false channel, no other problems were detected. Based on this case, the authors are going through the literature and are discussing the importance of some noninvasive imaging techniques in the diagnosis and follow-up of this patients.
Pereira
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Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Geral de Santo António Largo da Escola Médica, Porto.
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Pimenta
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D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001011:Aorta; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Dissecção aórtica assintomática com volumoso aneurisma da aorta ascendente e crossa. A propósito de um caso.