A rare complication of obesity related childhood hypertension: Aorta dissection
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Erkan Ayhan 1 * , Servet Altay, Ahmet Ekmekçi, Serhan Özcan, Muhammedo Tijani
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1 Bismil Devlet Hastanesi, Diyarbakır, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Obesity is a common public health problem and cause adverse effects on children's cardiovascular system. Aortic dissection, a rare clinical manifestation of hypertension in a fat 18-year-old girl who was diagnosed to have hypertension, was presented in this report.

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Article Type: Case Report

J Clin Exp Invest, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2011, 449-451

https://doi.org/10.5799/ahinjs.01.2011.04.0093

Publication date: 12 Dec 2011

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