title: Aortic dissection presenting as acute ischemic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Stroke Neuroscience Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1294, USA.
authors.forename: Violet
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: Alison E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Baird
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001027:Aortography; D001041:Aphasia, Wernicke / Q000209:etiology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000075202:Contraindications; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator