Aortic dissection: diagnosis and management.
Acute dissections mandate surgery after the patient has been stabilized medically. Hypertension appears to be a prerequisite in the pathogenesis of aortic dissection, and control of ventricular contraction velocity may be prophylactic.
Neerukonda
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Cardiology Services, St. Luke's Hospital, Denver.
Vijay
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Jantz
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Schoonmaker
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Saxena
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D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis