Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
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Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss · Sep 1976
Case Reports[Acute dissection of the ascending aorta and major aortic insufficiency in Marfan's syndrome. Emergency operation with succes].
The authors report the case of acute dissection of the aorta (type I) with sudden aortic incompetence occurring in a young lady of 25 years of age with Marfan's syndrome. An urgent operation had a successful outcome; the ascending aorta was resected in toto, and replaced with a prosthesis, the coronary arteries being reimplanted.