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  • Title: Atypical presentation of acute aortic dissection in a young competitive rower.
    Author: Saunders T, Suzuki T.
    Journal: BMJ Case Rep; 2018 Sep 04; 2018():. PubMed ID: 30181401.
    Abstract:
    A 27-year-old man (who is also the lead author) presented with dull pain deep to the suprasternal notch, following a period of intense exercise (rowing). He was initially sent home with no diagnosis, but 24 hours later returned to a different Accident & Emergency (A&E), due to continued discomfort and an increasingly altered mental state, and was diagnosed with an extensive type A aortic dissection extending from the aortic root to the iliac bifurcation of the aorta, with an ~8 cm aneurysm on the ascending aorta and a diseased aortic valve. Following emergency surgery to replace the aortic valve and the aorta from the aortic root to the middle of the aortic arch (hemiarch), the patient recovered well.
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