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.2018.35046.1181
چکیده

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.