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Aortitis Syndrome with Fatal Acute Aortic Regurgitation Due to Aortic Dilatation and Aortic Valve Perforation — A Case Report

Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital Ashikaga

Masao Chino

Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital Ashikaga

Masaki Takahashi

Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital Ashikaga

Keiji Suzuki

Department of Pathology, College of Medical Technology, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

This is a case report of a fifteen-year-old female with aortitis syndrome com plicated by acute fatal aortic regurgitation due to the aortic valve perforation, as well as to aortic dilatation, which was confirmed by the autopsy. Aortic valve perforation was first recognized as the important cause of acute aortic regurgi tation in the aortitis syndrome in this report.

Angiology, Vol. 43, No. 10, 869-872 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979204301011


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