Case Reports
Vol. 68 No. 3 (2007): Cardiac series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2007.452

Type A Acute Aortic Dissection in Nonagenarian: Rare but Possible

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Received: 1 February 2016
Published: 1 February 2016
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acute aortic dissection, elderly, outcome

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Rodolfo Citro
Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Vallo della Lucania, Salerno, Italy.
Marco Mariano Patella
Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Vallo della Lucania, Salerno, Italy.
Gennaro Provenza
Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Vallo della Lucania, Salerno, Italy.
Giovanni Gregorio
Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Vallo della Lucania, Salerno, Italy.
Eduardo Bossone
ebossone@hotmail.com
Divisione di Cardiologia, Cava de’ Tirreni - Costa d’Amalfi, Salerno, Italy.
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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“Type A Acute Aortic Dissection in Nonagenarian: Rare But Possible”. 2016. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 68 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2007.452.

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