Acute aortic dissection with a high D-dimer and pleuritic chest pain in an airline passenger.
Ghosh
Arjun K
AK
Department of Cardiology, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge. arjunkg@doctors.net.uk
Lodge
Freya M
FM
Dubrey
Simon W
SW
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000401:Aircraft; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014195:Travel
D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; C036309:fibrin fragment D