title: Type A acute aortic dissection in nonagenarian: rare but possible.
abstract: Acute type A aortic dissection (TA-AAD) is a highly lethal clinical entity that can occur within a wide age range, associated with multiple aetiologies and various clinical presentations. In the very elderly type A aortic dissection frequently presents with non-specific symptoms and signs and is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Thus the clinician must have a high index of clinical suspicion in order to prompt the most appropriate diagnostic-therapeutic strategy. We report a nonagenarian women with TA-AAD, treated successfully with medical therapy.
authors: Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Vallo della Lucania, Salerno, Italy.
authors: Rodolfo
authors: R
authors: Citro
authors: Marco Mariano
authors: MM
authors: Patella
authors: Gennaro
authors: G
authors: Provenza
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Gregorio
authors: Eduardo
authors: E
authors: Bossone
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D004232:Diuretics