title: Aortic dissection after aortic valve replacement--a case report and literature review.
abstract: Type A aortic dissection occurs in 0.6% of patients late after aortic valve replacement. However, little information is available about risk factors for developing this complication, nor are recommendations for elective replacement of the ascending aorta available. The authors present a 78-year-old woman who developed type A aortic dissection thirty months after aortic valve replacement; ascending aorta was normal at the time of aortic valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Medica, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picchi
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Focardi
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capannini
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondillo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D001021:Aortic Valve; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans