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Acute Aortic Dissection Presenting with a Headache: An Easily Missed Life-threatening Emergency

Acute aortic dissection is a deadly disease that should be recognized promptly. We report an exceptional case of a 44-year-old African American female who presented with a rapidly progressing severe frontal headache. Initial computed tomography of the brain was negative. The following day, she devel...

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Autores principales: Chahine, Johnny, Thapa, Bicky, Gajulapalli, Rama D, Kadri, Amer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30648065
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3531