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| | Aortic dissection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The risk of dissection in individuals with bicuspid aortic valve is not associated with the degree of stenosis of the valve. | | | While many patients with an aortic dissection have a history of hypertension, the blood pressure is quite variable at presentation with acute aortic dissection, and tends to be higher in individuals with a distal dissection. | | | Anterior chest pain is associated with dissections involving the ascending aorta, while intrascapular (back) pain is associated with descending aortic dissections. |
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| | eMedicine - Aortic Dissection : Article by Oladayo Osinuga, MD |
| | The pain of aortic dissection is typically distinguished from the pain of acute myocardial infarction by its abrupt onset, although the presentations of the two conditions overlap to some degree. | | | Consider thoracic aortic dissection in the differential diagnosis of all patients presenting with chest pain. | | | Syncope is part of the early course of aortic dissection in approximately 5% of patients and may be the result of increased vagal tone, hypovolemia, or dysrhythmia. |
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| | Aortic Dissection and You |
| | The classic presentation of an aortic dissection is the development of a sudden, severe, tearing, ripping chest pain (symptom you describe), accompanied by a changing heart murmur (sign the physician can detect). | | | A chronic dissection is at risk to rupture later. | | | I will review what is known about aortic dissection in general and what is known about the risk of aortic dissection in individuals with Turner syndrome. |
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 16, Ch. 211, Diseases Of The Aorta And Its Branches |
| | Medical therapy is generally recommended for patients with distal aortic dissection, except those in whom the dissection may have leaked, those with limb or visceral ischemia, and those with symptomatic or enlarging aneurysms. | | | Occasionally, dissection presents with symptoms referable to an acutely occluded artery (eg, stroke, MI or intestinal infarction, paraparesis or paraplegia from interruption of the blood supply to the spinal cord, an ischemic limb). | | | The objective of surgery is to excise as much of the dissected aorta as possible, obliterate entry into the false channel, and reconstitute the aorta with a synthetic graft. |
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| | Aortic Dissection |
| | These dissections can be treated medically (usually only briefly) or with interventional catheterization or open surgical techniques. | | | The main difference between pain resulting from dissection of the aorta, and angina due to lack of blood supply to the heart muscle, is its sudden and intense onset. | | | This pain may be confused with angina (commonly referred to as "chest pain" and a warning sign of a possible heart attack). |
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| | Thoracic aortic dissection |
| | Aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection are distinct conditions (Figure 11,2). | | | Only recently have several publications reviewed large series of TAD patients in an effort to reveal the true incidence of various features of the condition: those that arise from the history or physical examination and those apparent from laboratory, EKG, and x-ray investigations. | | | The location and extent of ischemic changes on EKG will depend on which coronary ostia are affected, how much they are affected, and on left or right dominance of coronary circulation. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Aortic dissection |
| | This usually occurs in the thoracic (chest) portion of the aorta, but may also occur in the abdominal portion. | | | Chest x-ray -- may show mediastinal (chest) widening or pleural effusion (fluid in the lining of the lung) | | | location may change -- pain typically moves distally (to arms and legs) as the aortic dissection progresses in the same direction |
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| | Aortic dissection |
| | Type B dissections may be treated without surgery | | | An evolving CVA or established renal failure are contraindications to surgery | | | Associated with hypertension, Marfan's syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve |
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| | Aortic dissection - MayoClinic.com |
| | Anyone can develop the condition, but it most frequently occurs in men and women in their 60s and 70s. | | | The signs and symptoms of aortic dissection may mimic those of other diseases, so it is not always diagnosed until after complications occur. | | | However, when an aortic dissection is detected early and treated promptly, your chance of survival greatly improves. |
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aortic-dissection/DS00605
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| | aortic dissection - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Phrases that include aortic dissection: acute aortic dissection | | | Aortic dissection, Dissection, aortic : MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info] | | | aortic dissection : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info] |
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