Liddle Syndrome in Association with Aortic Dissection

نویسندگان

  • Aamer Abbass
  • Jason D'Souza
  • Sameen Khalid
  • FNU Asad-Ur-Rahman
  • Joseph Limback
  • Jeremy Burt
  • Rajesh Shah
چکیده

Liddle syndrome is a rare form of autosomal dominant monogenic hypertension manifested as an early onset of resistant hypertension with either no response or suboptimal response to conventional antihypertensive therapy. If there is a delay in diagnosis, uncontrolled hypertension can lead to end organ damage. To our knowledge, aortic dissection has not been reported in association with this disease. We report a case of a dissecting aortic aneurysm occurring in association with Liddle syndrome.​.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017