Acute aortic dissection presenting as painless paraplegia: a case report

BACKGROUND: Acute aortic dissection is an extreme emergency that is generally manifested by violent chest pain irradiating to a patient’s back and abdomen. Paraplegia due to spinal cord ischemia and infarction as a presenting manifestation of aortic dissection has been found in 2 to 5 % of patients....

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Autores principales: Hdiji, Olfa, Bouzidi, Nouha, Damak, Mariem, Mhiri, Chokri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27089874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-0881-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27089874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-0881-z

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