[Acute dissection of the ascending aorta and major aortic insufficiency in Marfan's syndrome. Emergency operation with succes]. / Dissection aiguë de l'aorte ascendante et insuffisance aortique majeure dans un syndrome de Marfan. Intervention en urgence avec succés

The authors report the case of acute dissection of the aorta (type I) with sudden aortic incompetence occurring in a young lady of 25 years of age with Marfan's syndrome. An urgent operation had a successful outcome; the ascending aorta was resected in toto, and replaced with a prosthesis, the coronary arteries being reimplanted.