Fibromuscular dysplasia and aortic dissection

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Submitted: March 23, 2022
Published: Mar 30, 2022
DOI: 10.29328/journal.jccm.1001127
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Antonio M Puppo
Critical Care Surgery Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain
Manuel Fernández Caro
Critical Care Surgery Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain
Sara Martín Sastre
Critical Care Surgery Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain
Francisco T Gómez
Vascular Surgery Department, Seville University, Spain
Jose Mariá López Sánchez
Critical Care Surgery Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain

Abstract

Fibromuscular dysplasia is a rare, non-atherosclerotic, non-inflammatory vascular disease that typically affects women between the ages of 20 and 60 years.


Although any artery can be affected fibromuscular dysplasia most commonly affects the renal and carotid arteries. Fibromuscular dysplasia of the renal arteries usually presents with hypertension, while carotid or vertebral artery disease causes transient ischemic attacks, strokes, or dissection. Aortic dissection is rare. We present the clinical case of a patient with fibromuscular dysplasia with type B aortic dissection.

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Puppo, A. M., Caro, M. F., Sastre, S. M., Gómez, F. T., & Sánchez, J. M. L. (2022). Fibromuscular dysplasia and aortic dissection. Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 7(1), 023–025. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.jccm.1001127
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