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Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Confounded by Aberrant Symptoms

Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a cardiovascular emergency that requires emergent surgical, endovascular, or medical intervention depending on the portion of the aorta implicated, as dictated by the Stanford classification, and the extent of aortic involvement. Acute chest pain radiating to the bac...

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Autores principales: Anuforo, Anderson C, Adhikari, Soumya, Olojakpoke, Eloho H, Aiello, Dana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8585574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34790482
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18728
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author Anuforo, Anderson C
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Aiello, Dana
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description Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a cardiovascular emergency that requires emergent surgical, endovascular, or medical intervention depending on the portion of the aorta implicated, as dictated by the Stanford classification, and the extent of aortic involvement. Acute chest pain radiating to the back is typically seen in AAD and may be associated with radial pulse deficits. A high index of suspicion is required to diagnose and initiate management of this emergency as early as possible. This is a report of an atypical presentation of an extensive aortic dissection identified in a young man without most of the typical risk factors, but which was promptly diagnosed and treated.
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spelling pubmed-85855742021-11-16 Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Confounded by Aberrant Symptoms Anuforo, Anderson C Adhikari, Soumya Olojakpoke, Eloho H Aiello, Dana Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a cardiovascular emergency that requires emergent surgical, endovascular, or medical intervention depending on the portion of the aorta implicated, as dictated by the Stanford classification, and the extent of aortic involvement. Acute chest pain radiating to the back is typically seen in AAD and may be associated with radial pulse deficits. A high index of suspicion is required to diagnose and initiate management of this emergency as early as possible. This is a report of an atypical presentation of an extensive aortic dissection identified in a young man without most of the typical risk factors, but which was promptly diagnosed and treated. Cureus 2021-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8585574/ /pubmed/34790482 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18728 Text en Copyright © 2021, Anuforo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Confounded by Aberrant Symptoms
title_full Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Confounded by Aberrant Symptoms
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title_short Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Confounded by Aberrant Symptoms
title_sort acute type a aortic dissection confounded by aberrant symptoms
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8585574/
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