RT Book, Section
A1 Wald, David A.
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101223492
T1 Aortic Dissection
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101223492
RD 2024/04/20
AB Always  consider  aortic  dissection  in  patients  presenting  with  the  acute  onset  of  chest  or  thoracic  back  pain.Initiate  a  rapid  reduction  in  heart  rate  and  blood  pressure  in  all  patients  with  a  high  clinical  suspicion  for  aortic  dissection  before  obtaining  confirmatory  diagnostic  imaging.Stanford  type  A  (proximal)  dissections  typically  require  surgical  intervention,  whereas  Stanford  type  B  (distal)  dissections  are  managed  medically.Complications  of  acute  dissection  include  myocardial  infarction,  cardiac  tamponade,  aortic  valve  insufficiency,  stroke,  renal  failure,  paralysis,  limb  ischemia,  and  death.