Painless aortic dissection presented with acute paraplegia

Painless aortic dissection presented with acute paraplegia

Acute aortic dissection is considered a potentially fatal condition. Neurologic manifestations such as paraplegia are quite rare. We report a case of acute paraplegia in a hypertensive smoker chronic obstructive lung disease patient. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a dissection flap starting...

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Main Authors: Mahmoud Abdelnaby, Mohammed Abada, Alyaa Elsayed, Moustafa Dawood, Yehia Saleh, Abdallah Almaghraby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy
Subjects:
Aortic dissection
computed tomographic aortography
echocardiography
painless paraplegia
Online Access:http://www.ijcva.com/article.asp?issn=2405-8181;year=2019;volume=5;issue=1;spage=22;epage=24;aulast=Abdelnaby

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