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Late acute aortic dissection following cardiac transplantation in lupus‐affected donor aorta
Author(s) -
Loforte Antonio,
Comentale Giuseppe,
Gliozzi Gregorio,
Mariani Carlo,
Cavalli Giulio G.,
Leone Ornella,
Di Donato Francesco,
Pilato Emanuele,
MartinSuarez Sofia,
Pacini Davide
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15887
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , aorta , transplantation , cardiology , surgery
We report the case of a young woman who underwent cardiac transplantation from systemic lupus erythematosus affected donor and who developed a type A aortic dissection limited only to the graft aortic wall 9 years after.