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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:141-143. doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205849
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Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal

Aortic dissection due to sildenafil abuse

Selma Kenar Tiryakioglua, Osman Tiryakioglub,*, Tamer Turanc and Ethem Kumbaya

a Department of Cardiology, Bursa Acibadem Hospital, Bursa, Turkey
b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey
c Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bursa Acibadem Hospital, Bursa, Turkey

*Corresponding author. Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Hastanesi, Prof. Tezok cad. No. 1, 16320 Yildirim, Bursa, Turkey. Tel.: +90 2243605055; fax: +90 2243605055.

E-mail address: tiryaki64{at}hotmail.com (O. Tiryakioglu).

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.

Key Words: Sildenafil; Aortic dissection


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