title: Aortic dissection caused by giant cell arteritis.
abstract: Aortic dissection is a very serious condition mainly caused by degenerative diseases of the connective tissue and hypertension. Ascending aortic dissection as a consequence of aortitis in association with giant cell arteritis is very rarely seen. In this article we report on the successful surgical repair of a Stanford type A aortic dissection caused by giant cell arteritis in a 74-year-old patient. We could visualize this dissection via echocardiography and computed tomography. Histopathology confirmed this rare complication of giant cell aortitis.
authors.affiliation: Center of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstrasse 12, Erlangen, Germany. thomas.strecker@uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strecker
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: David-Lukas
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wachter
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agaimy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male