Aortic dissection and stroke in a 37-year-old woman: discovering an emerging heritable connective tissue disorder

Intern Emerg Med. 2015 Mar;10(2):165-70. doi: 10.1007/s11739-015-1187-7. Epub 2015 Jan 15.

Authors

Alessio Pieroni¹, Marco Castori, Paolo Caso, Eugenio Di Bernardini, Manuela De Michele, Marco Ritelli, Marina Colombi, Danilo Toni

Affiliation

¹ Emergency Department Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy, pieroni.md@gmail.com.

PMID: 25589165
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-015-1187-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Aneurysm / complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / genetics
Connective Tissue Diseases / genetics
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Stroke / diagnosis
Stroke / etiology*
Stroke Rehabilitation

Supplementary concepts

Aortic Aneurysm, Familial Thoracic 1