Painless Aortic Dissection with Initial Symptom of Right Upper Extremity Weakness: A Case Report

Thoracic aortic dissection is a dangerous disease. It usually presents as severe chest or back pain. Symptoms resulting from aortic branch involvement may also be involved. Sometimes, it presents with atypical symptoms. Here, we report a patient who came to the emergency department (ED) because of a...

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Main Authors: Kuan-Ting Liu, Hon-Man Chan, Tzeng-Jih Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007-01-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09703742