Type A Aortic Dissection Mimicking a Saddle Pulmonary Embolus on Computed Tomographic Angiography
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Type A aortic dissection mimicking a saddle pulmonary embolus on computed tomographic angiography.
A 21-year-old man presented with acute onset of severe, ripping chest pain. He reported mild dyspnea but denied other associated symptoms, including leg swelling, palpitations , or neurological symptoms. He had a long-standing personal history of hypertension and reported a family history of venous thromboembolism and diabetes mellitus. On physical examination, the patient was tachycardic and h...
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1 Hospital Mater Dei; Department of Internal Medicine, Grupo de Estudo da Hemostasia e Trombose (GETHe), Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 2 Instituto de Previdência do Estado de Minas Gerais, Department of Internal Medicine, GETHe, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 3 Hospital Mater Dei, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 4 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.008819