Acute Aortic Syndromes: Surgical, Endovascular or Medical Treatment?
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https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v5i1%20Sup.348Abstract
The term acute aortic syndrome (AAS) embraces a heterogeneous group of patients with a similar clinical profile of acute presentation and characteristic “aortic pain”. Acute aortic syndrome encompasses classic aortic dissection, less common variants such as intramural hematoma, penetrating aortic ulcer, and iatrogenic or traumatic transsection of the aorta. In some patients, AAS may also be caused by symptomatic degenerative aortic aneurysm. Eventually, any one of AAS may progress to frank aortic rupture that will be contained or not. These acute aortic pathologies appear separately, may precede one another and/or just coexist. AAS is the most frequently fatal condition in the spectrum of patients with chest pain. These patients are characterised by ‘‘aortic pain’’ and a long-lasting history of severe hypertension... (excerpt)Downloads
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