Double-Hit Mutations in Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Blunt Traumatic Acute Aortic Dissection.

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We report on a young patient with a bicuspid aortic valve operated on for type A acute aortic dissection because of a blunt thoracic trauma. Aortic root replacement and ascending aortic and total arch repair together with the postoperative course were uneventful. Multigenerational genetic analyses revealed mutations in the NOTCH1 and ACTA2 genes in the patient and his father. The screening of his parents and...

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