Sentences with phrase «acute aortic dissection»

Patients with one or more high - risk clinical features (tearing pain, hypotension, pulse deficit, neurologic deficit, new murmur) should be considered high risk for acute aortic dissection (AAD).

In the appropriate clinical setting, suspicion for acute aortic dissection should be raised when patients present with findings that have a high specificity and high positive likelihood ratio (hypotension, pulse deficit,...

Hospital admissions for acute aortic dissection were highest during peak flu season November - March, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2014.

Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a life - threatening condition in which blood leaks from the aorta, the major artery that carries blood from the heart to the body.

«Acute aortic dissections may be disguised as heart attacks, and we know that the genetic component of TAAD is strong — in about 20 % of patients, it is also found in family members.