Aortic dissection is one of the most common aortic emergencies affecting around 2000 Americans each year. It usually presents in the acute state but in a small percentage of patients aortic dissections go unnoticed and these patients survive without any adequate therapy. With recent advances in medical care and diagnostic technologies, aortic dissection can be successfully managed through surgi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is an uncertainty about the association between intracranial aneurysms and aortic dissection. We aimed to determine the prevalence of intracranial aneurysms in patients with aortic dissection and evaluate the independent risk factors for the presence of intracranial aneurysms in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-one patients with a confirmed aortic dis...

Patients with acute aortic dissection, the dominant condition in acute aortic syndromes, have a high mortality [1]. Within types of thoracic aortic dissection, the more extensive the TAD the worse the prognosis [2]. Thus, factors influencing the extent of the TAD are important considerations. The initial presentation of acute aortic dissection is severe chest pain and hypertension. The presence...

Acute aortic dissection is a life-threatening disease. Approximately half of the aortic dissection observed in women under 45 years old has been reported to be related to pregnancy. Herein, we present a case of type A aortic dissection diagnosed in postpartum period. A 37-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department with the complaint of sudden onset of dyspnea. Arterial blood pressure w...

Background Nontraumatic Stanford type A acute aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition; thus, the ability to make a precise diagnosis of nontraumatic Stanford type A acute aortic dissection is essential for the emergency physician. Several reports have shown that the mediastinal widening on a chest radiograph is useful for the diagnosis of nontraumatic Stanford type A acute aortic diss...

We report a rare case of retrograde Stanford type A aortic dissection after endovascular repair for complicated Stanford type B aortic dissection. A 45-year-old man presented with a sudden onset of back pain and was transferred to our hospital. Computed tomography demonstrated acute Stanford type B aortic dissection with lower limb ischemia. Emergency endovascular surgery was planned for repair...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether oral fluoroquinolone use is associated with an increased risk of aortic aneurysm or dissection. DESIGN Nationwide historical cohort study using linked register data on patient characteristics, filled prescriptions, and cases of aortic aneurysm or dissection. SETTING Sweden, July 2006 to December 2013. PARTICIPANTS 360 088 treatment episodes of fluoroquinol...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate growth rate of aortic diameter true lumen, and false lumen in post endovascular aortic repair of aortic dissection. MATERIAL AND METHOD Between January 2005 and September 2010, 48 consecutive patients with aortic dissection were followed with computed tomographic angiography (CTA), including 18 post-surgical repaired type A patients and 30 type B (14 conservative treatme...

Contemporary results after surgical repair of type A aortic dissection in patients aged 80 years and older: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Multidisciplinary standardized care for acute aortic dissection: design and initial outcomes in a regional care model. et al. Evidence, lack of evidence, controversy, and debate in the provision and performance of the surgery of acute type A aortic d...

showed pulmonary congestion and transthoracic echocardiography showed aortic valve regurgitation without ascending aortic dissection. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated aortic dissection from the aortic arch to the bilateral common iliac arteries, but there was no evidence of dissection in the ascending aorta (Fig. 1A, B). A transesophageal echocardiography was performed and revealed a circu...