1,2 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the roentgenologic findings in dissecting ... pulses and the presence of an aortic diastolic murmur, along with x-ray films of the chest, although ...

Thoracic aortic ... dissection are similar, the clinician must always have a high index of suspicion which is based on the patient’s clinical presentation and symptoms. Chest x-ray can show ...

Unfortunately, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ... widening in 60% and abnormal aortic contour in 45% of patients. 5 ECG findings that occur with dissection are often nonspecific, and not ...

Women who experience acute aortic ... aortic dissection are dependent on time to treatment: The faster a person is treated the better." The researchers also found differences in imaging: Female ...

Ask any trainee in emergency medicine for a list of rapidly fatal conditions, and it is almost certain that acute aortic dissection (AAD ... The mediastinum on x-ray is often normal in size ...

The belief among medical professionals in the 1950s that the mortality rate for type A acute aortic ... CT imaging is the most common method of diagnosis. "The take-home message from our findings ...

For women with Marfan syndrome (MFS), pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of aortic dissection during the peripartum period, according to new data, but the risk can be mitigated with careful ...

Over the long term, patients who survive an aortic ... dissection or aneurysm (6.8% vs 11.5%; subdistribution HR 0.81; 95% CI 0.64-1.03). Low Rate of Aorta-Related Death Chen et al acknowledge some ...

A CT scan provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is ...

Aortic dissection occurs via two mechanisms ... and Type B dissections go to the ICU or interventional radiology to restore patency of occluded major arteries. Type A dissections have a 27% ...