title: Aortic dissection.
authors.affiliation: Trauma/Surgical ICU, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Della Croce
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004452:Echocardiography; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed