Bae JY, Teng C, Hussein KI, Steinhardt MJ, Howes C. Non-dissecting large thoracic aortic aneurysm leading to chronic aortic insufficiency presenting as acute heart failure.
Clin Case Rep 2021;
9:e04626. [PMID:
34430001 PMCID:
PMC8364934 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.4626]
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Abstract
Large, non-dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) up to 13 cm in size are typically found in elderly patients with non-specific respiratory symptoms yet must be detected quickly due to their mortality risk. We present a 31-year-old man with exertional dyspnea secondary to aortic insufficiency from a 9.4 cm TAA.
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