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Case Reports
. 2009 Jul;9(1):141-3.
doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.205849. Epub 2009 Apr 22.

Aortic dissection due to sildenafil abuse

Selma Kenar Tiryakioglu  1 , Osman Tiryakioglu, Tamer Turan, Ethem Kumbay
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Case Reports

Aortic dissection due to sildenafil abuse

Selma Kenar Tiryakioglu et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

This report deals with a 28-year-old male patient, admitted with a type A aortic dissection, potentially related to the use of sildenafil. In the literature, we found only two other potentially sildenafil-related cases of aortic dissections, one type A and one type B. In our patient, a bicuspid aortic valve and an ascending aortic aneurysm were other underlying anomalies that could have led to the aortic dissection.

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