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== Acknowledgements ==
== Acknowledgements ==
The content on this page was first contributed by: David Feller-Kopman, MD and [[C. Michael Gibson]] M.S., M.D.
The content on this page was first contributed by: David Feller-Kopman, MD and [[C. Michael Gibson]] M.S., M.D.
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Aortic dissection Microchapters

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Differentiating Aortic dissection from other Diseases

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Diagnosis

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Treatment

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Management during Pregnancy

Case Studies

Case #1


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]


Diagnosis

In a study by Spittell et.al. at the Mayo, the initial clinical impression of dissection (after history, physical, chest x-ray and echocardiography) was made in 62% of patients. A correct diagnosis was more commonly made in patients with type I or type II dissections. The differential is quite broad and depends upon the location of dissection, aortic root / coronary involvement, and obstruction of aortic or aortic branch blood flow.

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Acknowledgements

The content on this page was first contributed by: David Feller-Kopman, MD and C. Michael Gibson M.S., M.D.

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