Dissection of the aorta, a rare combination of coarctation, a bicuspid aortic valve, and hypertension in a young patient

• Main Authors: Abdulrahman Aldousari (Author), Amir Masud (Author), Mohsin Mahmood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aortic dissection is an uncommon but very lethal disease. Majority of cases are found in elderly patients with a history of hypertension. Young patients usually have other risk factors such as vasculitis, Marfan syndrome, unrecognized coarctation of the aorta, and a bicuspid aortic valve. We present...