Acute Aortic Dissection Surgery in a Patient With COVID-19

Ahmet Akgul; Saygin Turkyilmaz; Gulsum Turkyilmaz; Hasan Toz

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.06.005

Acute Aortic Dissection Surgery in a Patient With COVID-19

Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jan;111(1):e1-e3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.06.005. Epub 2020 Jun 17.

Authors

Ahmet Akgul¹, Saygin Turkyilmaz², Gulsum Turkyilmaz², Hasan Toz²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gerontology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: ahmet.akgul@istanbul.edu.tr.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

Acute aortic dissection is one of the most common life-threatening diseases that affects the aortic vessel. We present a case of acute Stanford type A aortic dissection in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. A 68-year-old woman complaining of acute chest pain and dyspnea was admitted to the emergency clinic of our hospital on May 6, 2020. She had history of diabetes and hypertension. This is one of the first acute aortic surgery cases among patients with COVID-19.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnosis
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / virology*
Aortic Dissection / diagnosis
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / virology*
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / therapy
Female
Humans
SARS-CoV-2*