Nearly Asymptomatic Eight-Month Thoracic Aortic Dissection

Thoracic aortic dissection is a rare, but lethal, medical condition that is either misdiagnosed as a myocardial infarction or overlooked completely. Though thoracic aortic dissections are commonly diagnosed in patients exhibiting sharp chest pain, there are some notable cases where patients do not r...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Arjun, Kumar, Krishan, Zeltser, Roman, Makaryus, Amgad N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27257400
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S38328
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description Thoracic aortic dissection is a rare, but lethal, medical condition that is either misdiagnosed as a myocardial infarction or overlooked completely. Though thoracic aortic dissections are commonly diagnosed in patients exhibiting sharp chest pain, there are some notable cases where patients do not report the expected severity of pain. We report a unique case of a patient with a thoracic aortic dissection who was initially nearly asymptomatic for eight months, in order to heighten awareness, highlight diagnosis protocol, and improve prognosis for this commonly misdiagnosed, but fatal, condition.
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spelling pubmed-48818682016-06-02 Nearly Asymptomatic Eight-Month Thoracic Aortic Dissection Kumar, Arjun Kumar, Krishan Zeltser, Roman Makaryus, Amgad N. Clin Med Insights Cardiol Case Report Thoracic aortic dissection is a rare, but lethal, medical condition that is either misdiagnosed as a myocardial infarction or overlooked completely. Though thoracic aortic dissections are commonly diagnosed in patients exhibiting sharp chest pain, there are some notable cases where patients do not report the expected severity of pain. We report a unique case of a patient with a thoracic aortic dissection who was initially nearly asymptomatic for eight months, in order to heighten awareness, highlight diagnosis protocol, and improve prognosis for this commonly misdiagnosed, but fatal, condition. Libertas Academica 2016-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4881868/ /pubmed/27257400 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S38328 Text en © 2016 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 license.
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title_short Nearly Asymptomatic Eight-Month Thoracic Aortic Dissection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27257400
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S38328
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