title: Undiagnosed Stanford type A aortic dissection: a rare survival report.
abstract: Acute aortic dissection is a life-threatening conditions with a high mortality rate within the first 24 h since presentation, if left untreated. Nevertheless the setting may be chronic and stable. We present a rare case of a misdiagnosed and unoperated Stanford type A aortic dissection in a 78-year old woman with stable computed tomography features at the second year of clinical follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Surgery Unit II, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Via Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy. marcogennari.md@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gennari
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Imaging Department, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Via Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Annoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Surgery Unit II, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Via Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agrifoglio
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods*; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
keywords: Aortic dissection; Cardiac imaging; Computed tomography