Type A Aortic Dissection in an 11-month-old Infant With Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

Giuseppe Comentale; Claudia D'Andrea; Emanuele Pilato; Guido Oppido

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.01.045

Type A Aortic Dissection in an 11-month-old Infant With Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Oct;112(4):e287-e289. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.01.045. Epub 2021 Feb 4.

Authors

Giuseppe Comentale¹, Claudia D'Andrea², Emanuele Pilato³, Guido Oppido²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Federico II Teaching Hospital, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, AORN "Monaldi", Naples, Italy.
³ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Federico II Teaching Hospital, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 33549521
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.01.045

Abstract

Type A aortic dissection is a very uncommon finding in children, especially among infants, where no cases seem to have been described. We report the case of an 11-month-old boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome and asymptomatic type A aortic dissection involving the aortic root that was successfully repaired.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
Aortic Dissection / etiology
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Humans
Infant
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome / complications
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome / diagnosis*
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome / surgery*
Male