Acute aortic syndromes in India: The need for a nationwide program to increase awareness

Acute aortic dissection is a rare, but potentially life-threatening and time-critical condition that is frequently misdiagnosed. Therefore, its prompt and proper diagnosis is vital to increase a patient's chance of survival and to prevent grievous complications. Raising awareness and educating...

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Autores principales: Shetty, Varun, Shetty, Deviprasad, Grewal, Nimrat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Opinion Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8890998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34864018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2021.11.188
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description Acute aortic dissection is a rare, but potentially life-threatening and time-critical condition that is frequently misdiagnosed. Therefore, its prompt and proper diagnosis is vital to increase a patient's chance of survival and to prevent grievous complications. Raising awareness and educating the general population and healthcare professionals about an aortic dissection is mandatory, for early diagnosis and improving the chances of survival.
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spelling pubmed-88909982022-03-04 Acute aortic syndromes in India: The need for a nationwide program to increase awareness Shetty, Varun Shetty, Deviprasad Grewal, Nimrat Indian Heart J Opinion Paper Acute aortic dissection is a rare, but potentially life-threatening and time-critical condition that is frequently misdiagnosed. Therefore, its prompt and proper diagnosis is vital to increase a patient's chance of survival and to prevent grievous complications. Raising awareness and educating the general population and healthcare professionals about an aortic dissection is mandatory, for early diagnosis and improving the chances of survival. Elsevier 2022 2021-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8890998/ /pubmed/34864018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2021.11.188 Text en © 2021 Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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