Aortic dissection
Aortic dissection: Introduction
A potentially life-threatening condition where an opening in the inner lining of the aorta allows blood to flow into the wall of the aorta. The pressure of the blood in the wall can cause the opening in the lining to increase. An aortic dissection can cause sever pain and needs immediate medical attention.
Symptoms of Aortic dissection
- Sudden onset of severe
- Stabbing or tearing chest pain that may radiate to back
- Shoulders
- Neck or arms
- Symptoms of hypovolemia
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Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for people to die...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder.
Some of the conditions...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations
and rapid heartbeat.
In rare cases, this...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed,
leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed.
People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack,
whereas there are various less dangerous...read more »
Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue
with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure.
The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure can simply...read more »
Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often
misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more...read more »
Untreated patients of Marfan's die at age 30: Marfan's syndrome is an autosomal
disorder of the connective tissues. It affects the connective...read more »
Fatal causes of chest pain: Chest pain
is a common condition yet very threatening to both the patient and the doctor
because the underlying aetiology many a times can...read more »
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