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(Chest. 1969;56:152-155.)
© 1969 American College of Chest Physicians

The Surgical Treatment of Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm Due to Idiopathic Cystic Medial Necrosis in a Six-Year-Old Child

Mosche Gueron M.D.1; Menahem Hirsh M.D.1; Wehbi Shahin M.D.1; and Morris J. Levy M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 Cardiac Laboratory and the Department of Radiology, The Negev Central Hospital and the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beilinson Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel

The clinical, hemodynamic and surgical findings of a six-year-old boy with an incomplete dissection of an aortic aneurysm and aortic valve regurgitation due to idiopathic cystic medial necrosis are reported. The aortic aneurysm was successfully excised while the aortic valve incompetence, despite annuloplasty, remained unchanged.






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