title: [Annulo-aortic ectasia syndrome apropos of 4 cases].
abstract: The authors present four cases of annuloaortic ectasia recently observed in Dakar Principal Hospital; two cases are MARFAN's syndrome, one is complicated by aortic dissection. Third cause of aortic regurgitation, this disease must be diagnosed early on account of its bad prognosis with the risk of the dissection of the aorta and issue to cardiac insufficiency. The diagnosis is more often affirmed by transthoracic echocardiography. Treatment is surgical with low operative mortality and excellent long term result.
authors.affiliation: Services Médicaux, Hopital Principal, Dakar.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cloatre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thiam
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wade
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gueye
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klotz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: La maladie annulo-ectasiante de l'aorte à propos de 4 cas.