Recreational weight lifting and aortic dissection: case report.

Schor, J S; Horowitz, M D; Livingstone, A S · J Vasc Surg · 1993

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Although there have been previous cases of ascending (type I) aortic dissection recognized in young weight lifters, this is the first reported instance of a descending (type III) dissection in such an individual. Successful treatment included aortic fenestration and an aortoiliac bypass. A new entity of aortic dissection in young weight lifters may be emerging.

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