Abstract
A 64-YEAR-OLD, 86-kg, 183-cm man with prostate cancer was evaluated in the authors’ preoperative assessment clinic before a scheduled prostatectomy. He denied cardiac symptoms and described only mild shortness of breath with heavy exertion. His past medical history was notable for an acute type-A aortic dissection that occurred 14 years before the current evaluation. The medical records were obtained from a local community hospital where the patient had received care. According to the operative report, the intimal tear of the dissection was located in the mid-ascending thoracic aorta.
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