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Evaluation of the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines Risk Prediction Tool for Acute Aortic Syndrome: The RIPP Score

Emergency Medicine International, 2023
Introduction. Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a rare clinical syndrome with a high mortality rate. The Canadian clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of AAS was developed in order to reduce the frequency of misdiagnoses.
Robert Ohle, Sarah McIsaac, Madison Van Drusen, Aaron Regis, Owen Montpellier, Mackenzie Ludgate, Oluwadamilola Bodunde, David W. Savage, Krishan Yadav   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complete atrioventricular block during thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2019
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and acute aortic syndrome (AAS) are both life-threatening emergencies. We report a case of ACS with thoracic aneurysm. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) was arranged.
Hao-Nung Shyu, Po-Han Li, Shih-Kai Liu, Yi-Ying Chiang   +3 more
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A sinister needle in an enormous haystack: A clinician survey regarding Acute Aortic Syndrome diagnostic practice in United Kingdom Emergency Departments

Emergency Care Journal, 2022
Acute Aortic Syndrome (AAS) is a life-threatening condition associated with high diagnostic uncertainty. This results in an unacceptable number of missed cases, which contributes to its high mortality.
Rachel McLatchie, Aakash Gupta, Sarah Wilson, Matthew J. Reed, Aortic Dissection Diagnosis in ED Research Group   +4 more
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Cabrol Procedure in Complex Aortic Root Reconstruction: A Case Series of Three Young Patients With Acute Aortic Syndrome. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Acute aortic dissection is a rare but life‐threatening syndrome, being accompanied by a mortality rate of 1%–2% per hour after the onset of symptoms if they remain untreated. The definitive therapy for type A acute aortic dissection is considered to be emergency surgery.
Alaivi YT, Adel SMH, Heidari A, Akiash N, Jorfi F.   +4 more
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Comments on “Why do emergency department clinicians miss acute aortic syndrome? A case series and descriptive analysis”

Emergency Care Journal, 2023
Dear Editor, In the recently published article by McLatchie et al., the authors state that emergency clinicians may miss acute aortic syndrome (AAS) by not considering it as a possibility, being falsely reassured by atypical or resolved symptoms, or ...
Andrea Vercelli, Eleonora Berardi, Erika Poggiali   +2 more
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Demystifying penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer of aorta: unrealised tyrant of senile aortic changes [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2021
This review article describes demographic features, comorbidities, clinical and imaging findings, prognosis, and treatment strategies in penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) and closely related entities using google scholar web search.
Rahul Dev, Khorwal Gitanjali, Darbari Anshuman   +2 more
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Intramural aortic hematoma: no flap no warning?

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015
We report a case of type A intramural aortic hematoma (IMH) occurred in a 78 years old female. The clinical scenario (medical history of hypertension, severe substernal chest pain, early diastolic decrescendo murmur as for aortic insufficiency), the ...
Rodolfo Citro, Antonello Panza, Paolo Masiello, Amelia Ravera, Lucia Tedesco, Rocco Leone, Marco Mirra, Roberta Giudice, Severino Iesu, Francesco Silvestri, Giuseppe Di Benedetto, Eduardo Bossone   +11 more
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Why do emergency department clinicians miss acute aortic syndrome? A case series and descriptive analysis

Emergency Care Journal, 2023
Objectives: To understand why the diagnosis of AAS is missed in the ED, and to characterise the presenting features of cases in which a diagnosis of AAS was missed.
Rachel McLatchie, Sarah Wilson, Matthew Reed, Francoise Ticehurst, Kathryn Easterford, Salma Alawiye, Alicia Cowan, Aakash Gupta   +7 more
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Risk factors analysis of acute kidney injury following open thoracic aortic surgery in the patients with or without acute aortic syndrome: a retrospective study

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background The acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a frequent complication following open thoracic aortic surgery (OTAS) and worsens the postoperative prognosis.
Xiaochun Ma, Jinzhang Li, Yan Yun, Diming Zhao, Shanghao Chen, Huibo Ma, Zhengjun Wang, Haizhou Zhang, Chengwei Zou, Yuqi Cui   +9 more
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Unveiling the Intricacies of Acute Aortic Syndromes through Imaging: A Case Series [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Acute Aortic Syndrome (AAS) comprises of three distinct pathological conditions: Aortic Dissection (AD), Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer (PAU), and Intramural Haematoma (IMH).
Madhu Shankar Kikkeri, R Vidhya Rani, D Naveen, Mr Akshay, S Leelashree   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source