Acute Type A Dissection and Acute Inferior MI Complicating Aortic Coarctation: A Case Report

In July 2015, a 17-year old boy administered to our emergency department with complaints of chest pain and loss of consciousness. The pain, which was severe and tearing, had acutely started 4 hours before admission, while the patient was swimming. Immediately after the beginning of pain, the patient had lost his consciousness as well as his urine and bowel continence. He had a history of an unknown cardiac disorder which had been diagnosed at the age of 7. At that time, he was a candidate for surgical treatment, but his family had refused it for personal reasons. He had no history of other cardiovascular disorders. He had not taken any medication recently, had not drunk alcohol or smoked. At the time of admission, he had regained Abstract