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Novel and Innovative Hybrid Technique for Type A Aortic Dissection
Published on: March 28, 2025
Type A acute aortic dissection in nonagenarian: rare but possible
Rodolfo Citro1, Marco Mariano Patella, Gennaro Provenza
1Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Vallo della Lucania, Salerno, Italy.
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.
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