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Aortic dissection (AD) is a life‐threatening disease. Patients usually experience severe pain in the chest, back, or abdomen, but some patients report a variety of other symptoms without pain. Completely… Click to show full abstract
Aortic dissection (AD) is a life‐threatening disease. Patients usually experience severe pain in the chest, back, or abdomen, but some patients report a variety of other symptoms without pain. Completely asymptomatic AD is sporadic and probably under‐recognized. The present study aimed to (a) report an extremely rare case of asymptomatic long‐segmental type A AD, wherein exaggeratedly low diastolic blood pressure and broad pulse pressure were the primary signs, and (b) summarize the clinical characteristics of asymptomatic AD through the literature review.
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Year Published: 2020
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