Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Dragan A

Publications

• Case Report
  Unusual Case of Giant Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Evolution of an Acute Aortic Dissection Type A Unoperated: A Case Report
  Author(s): Stiru O, Geana RC, Sorostinean D, Dragan A and Iliescu VAStiru O, Geana RC, Sorostinean D, Dragan A and Iliescu VA
  
  Survival after an acute aortic dissection type A unoperated is exceptional. We present the case of a 74-years-old male patient with multiple cardiovascular risk factors, presented mainly with severe dyspnoea of increasing intensity. Echocardiography and computer tomography angiography showed a large ascending aortic aneurysm (with a diameter of 10.8 cm) without aortic valve insufficiency, which started at 7 cm above the sinotubular junction, with a parietal thrombus occupying more than 30% of the circumference and its distal end at 5 cm after the aortic arch. This aneurysm was due to the evolution of an acute aortic dissection type A that was diagnosed five years prior to the current admission, which was not operated because the patient refused the surgical procedure at that time. Also, severe mediastinum displacement to the right with compression effect on the lung was revealed on the c.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.10001129

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