title: [Natural course of type III traumatic chronic dissection in a patient with Marfan's syndrome].
abstract: Description of a traumatic dissection of the descending thoracic aorta, occurring in a female patient with Marfan's syndrome, the chronic course of which over more than three years was complicated by retrograde extension to the ascending thoracic aorta, resulting in death by massive aortic insufficiency and pleuro-pericardial effusion. Advantages of clinical and sonocardiographic monitoring of chronic dissections.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Reims.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thoumin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thoumin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pollet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ouzan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baehrel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elaerts
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajolet
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Evolution naturelle d'une dissection chronique traumatique de type III chez une malade atteinte d'un syndrome de Marfan.