AORTIC DISSECTİON IN YOUNG FEMALE PATIENT : A CASE REPORT

Year 2012, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 179 - 181, 01.09.2012

Mehmet Esen Tuğba Karaman Murat Ayan Nurşah Başol Tufan Alatlı , Semih Arıcı

Abstract

Aorta dissection is a real emergency due to high mortality rate. Therefore, diagnosis and treatment should not be delayed. It is commonly seen between the ages of 40 and 70 in male patients.. The present case describes a young lady diagnosed with aorta dissection with echocardiography the main complaint of whom was headache.

Keywords

aortic dissection, echocardiography, emergency department

GENÇ KADIN HASTADA AORT DİSEKSİYONU: OLGU SUNUMU

Abstract

Aort diseksiyonu, yüksek mortaliteden dolayı gerçek acillerdendir. Bu nedenle tanı ve tedavi geciktirilmemelidir. Sıklıkla 40-70 yaş arası erkeklerde görülür. Bu olgu sunumunda baş ağrısı şikayeti ile hastanemize başvuran, ekokardiyografi ile aort diseksiyonu tanısı konulan genç kadın hasta tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

aort diseksiyonu, ekokardiyografi, acil servis

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