A Painless Thoracic Aortic Dissection

A Painless Thoracic Aortic Dissection

Thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) has a very high mortality rate and is often missed due to the atypical presentation of patients. We present a case of a man with chronic hypertension, atrial fibrillation (AF) (on regular warfarin) and a previous endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), who presented wit...

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Main Authors: Youssef Mahmoud, Tamer Shalaby, Nazia Rashid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2016-09-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
Thoracic Aortic Dissection, CT Aortogram, D-dimer, EVAR
Online Access:http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/443
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spelling doaj-5cb057a4b96a43edb3f14d5611c4aa112020-11-24T23:20:58ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942016-09-013610.12890/2016_000443164A Painless Thoracic Aortic DissectionYoussef Mahmoud0Tamer Shalaby1Nazia Rashid2SHO General Internal Medicine, Ashford and St. Peters NHS Foundation Trust, AshfordST7 Acute and General Internal Medicine HEKSS, Ashford and St. Peters NHS Foundation Trust, AshfordConsultant Diabetes, Endocrinology and Acute Medicine, Ashford and St. Peters NHS Foundation Trust, AshfordThoracic aortic dissection (TAD) has a very high mortality rate and is often missed due to the atypical presentation of patients. We present a case of a man with chronic hypertension, atrial fibrillation (AF) (on regular warfarin) and a previous endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), who presented with dyspepsia and was incidentally found to have a ruptured distal thoracic aneurysm on imaging with no obvious clinical signs on examination, nor abnormalities on admission chest x-ray (CXR).http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/443Thoracic Aortic Dissection, CT Aortogram, D-dimer, EVAR
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A Painless Thoracic Aortic Dissection
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Thoracic Aortic Dissection, CT Aortogram, D-dimer, EVAR
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Tamer Shalaby
Nazia Rashid
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title A Painless Thoracic Aortic Dissection
title_short A Painless Thoracic Aortic Dissection
title_full A Painless Thoracic Aortic Dissection
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title_sort painless thoracic aortic dissection
publisher SMC MEDIA SRL
series European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
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publishDate 2016-09-01
description Thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) has a very high mortality rate and is often missed due to the atypical presentation of patients. We present a case of a man with chronic hypertension, atrial fibrillation (AF) (on regular warfarin) and a previous endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), who presented with dyspepsia and was incidentally found to have a ruptured distal thoracic aneurysm on imaging with no obvious clinical signs on examination, nor abnormalities on admission chest x-ray (CXR).
topic Thoracic Aortic Dissection, CT Aortogram, D-dimer, EVAR
url http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/443
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