Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Acute Aortic Syndromes

---including aortic dissection, thoracic aortic aneurysm, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer and intramural hematoma, reviewed in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Notable pearls:

The most important historical feature is pain maximal at onset.

The D-dimer has powerful negative predictive value.

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