Neurological Symptoms in Aortic Dissection: A Challenge for Neurologists
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Neurological symptoms in aortic dissection: a challenge for neurologists.
Typically, aortic dissection has to be considered in patients with acute thoracic or abdominal pain and accompanying cardiovascular symptoms. Due to these clinical symptoms, neurologists have not been involved in the routine emergency management of aortic dissection. However, transient or permanent neurological symptoms at onset of aortic dissection are not only frequent (17-40% of the patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cerebrovascular Diseases
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1421-9786,1015-9770
DOI: 10.1159/000135646