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Acute type A aortic dissection in an adult patient with Turner's syndrome
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Acute type A aortic dissection is the most serious cardiovascular complication of Turner's syndrome, and is often fatal. We report a case involving a 38 year old woman with karyotype proven Turner's syndrome (46 X iso X), who presented with sudden chest pain. An angiographic computed tomographic scan (right) revealed the …