A Rare Case of Severe Aortic Regurgitation with Silent Ascending Aortic Dissection
نویسندگان
1 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon ,Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion West, Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra, India.
2 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon ,Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion West, Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra, India.
3 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon ,Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion West, Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra, India.
4 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon ,Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion West, Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra, India.
5 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon ,Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion West, Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra, India.
6 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon ,Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion West, Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra, India.
doi
10.22038/jctm.2018.35046.1181چکیده
Classically, ascending aortic dissection (AD) presents as sudden, severe chest pain that is tearing type and radiates to the back. Herein, we present a rare case of severe aortic regurgitation with silent ascending AD, which had no chest pain symptoms. The aortic valve apparatus probably masked this AD; therefore, it was not detected by echocardiography and during the surgery.