Type A Dissection Presenting as a Double Aortic Valve

We report a case of spontaneous aortic root dissection in a middle-aged male without history of recent trauma, mimicking double aortic valve on the echocardiogram which extended to the right brachiocephalic artery. The patient immediately underwent Bentall procedure.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jwalant Raval, Vinayak Nagaraja, Peter N A Fahmy, A Robert Denniss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2013-11-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue47/2013-3-8.html