Extensive Painless Aortic Dissection in a Patient With Breast Cancer

Talha Ahmed; Elie Mouhayar; Jose Banchs; Kaveh Karimzad; Saamir A Hassan; Abenaa Brewster; Syed W Yusuf

doi:10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101253

Extensive Painless Aortic Dissection in a Patient With Breast Cancer

Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Aug;48(8):101253. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101253. Epub 2022 May 13.

Authors

Talha Ahmed¹, Elie Mouhayar², Jose Banchs², Kaveh Karimzad², Saamir A Hassan², Abenaa Brewster³, Syed W Yusuf⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson, Houston TX.
³ Department of clinical cancer prevention, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson, Houston TX.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson, Houston TX. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35577080
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101253

Abstract

This case illustrates the unusual clinical presentation and natural progression of type A aortic dissection, found incidentally on echocardiogram in a patient with breast cancer. Possible association of tyrosine kinase inhibitor with aortic dissection is reviewed in the light of this case.

Keywords: Abbreviations: AAD, Acute aortic dissection; BMI, Body mass index; CT, Computerized tomographic scan; TKI, Tyrosine kinase inhibitor; VEGF, Vascular endothelial growth factor.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Dissection* / complications
Aortic Dissection* / diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms* / complications
Female
Humans