title: [Acute aortic dissection: be aware of signs and symptoms].
abstract: Acute aortic dissection is a rare medical emergency accompanied by high mortality. For ensuring fast diagnosis and delivery of appropriate medical treatment the knowledge of signs and symptoms is crucial. Here we summarize clinical presentation according to existing studies, focus on diagnosis and introduce to contemporary treatment of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Tübingen. veit-simon.eckle@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Veit-Simon
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Eckle
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Witte
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D058006:General Practice; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D011379:Prognosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D015996:Survival Rate