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Dissection of the aorta, a rare combination of coarctation, a bicuspid aortic valve, and hypertension in a young patient

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Abstract

Aortic dissection is an uncommon but very lethal disease. Majority of cases are found in elderly patients with a history of hypertension. Young patients usually have other risk factors such as vasculitis, Marfan syndrome, unrecognized coarctation of the aorta, and a bicuspid aortic valve. We present a case of a young patient who presented with epigastric pain mimicking peptic ulcer disease that was later on proved to be type B dissection of the aorta. The patient had a unique combination of hypertension, a bicuspid aortic valve, and postductal coarctation.

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    Abdulrahman Aldousari MRCPI, Amir Masud & Mohsin Mahmood

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Aldousari, A., Masud, A. & Mahmood, M. Dissection of the aorta, a rare combination of coarctation, a bicuspid aortic valve, and hypertension in a young patient. Egypt J Intern Med 24, 54–56 (2012). https://doi.org/10.7123/01.EJIM.0000419548.11504.22

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