Authored by - Dr Niranjan Hiremath, senior consultant, cardiovascular and aortic surgeon and surgical lead, Indraprastha ...

If you have an aortic dissection, you likely won't know until you are in the emergency room with heart pain. Learn more about treatment for aortic dissection a and aortic dissection b. ... Typically ...

When you feel sudden severe chest or upper back pain, it's easy to assume what's happening is a heart attack. It could be, but it could also be an aortic dissection -- a condition that can be ...

Acute Aortic Dissection. Both type A and B aortic dissections can be acute. An acute dissection causes sudden back or chest pain. It requires emergency medical attention. Chronic Aortic Dissection. A ...

Vihaan Chopra aged 22 experienced a sudden onset of neck and back pain, which was excruciating and incapacitating. Tests showed he has a rare heart condition, called Acute Type A Aortic Dissection.

Symptoms of aortic dissection include sudden and severe chest or upper back pain, stomach pain, shortness of breath, loss of consciousness, leg pain, difficulty walking and more.

Patients experiencing aortic dissection usually complain of a sharp ripping pain within the chest and upper back, this pain may extend to the neck and rest of the back.

A 62-year-old man is brought in by ambulance for acute-onset left lower-extremity weakness, numbness, and pain. Read this overview on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic dissection.

Sometimes back pain isn't just back pain | Wear the Gown Walter Anger thought he only had pulled a muscled, but his CT scan showed something else--aortic dissection. To stream THV11 on your phone ...

Pain can come in many different ways Some are benign while others can be life-threatening An ER doctor shares common types of ...

It is possible that as the aneurysm enlarges and compresses surrounding nerves or organs, an individual may experience back or abdominal pain. Patients that experience sudden symptoms such as chest or ...

The problem, then, is identifying aortic dissection as the underlying pathology in someone who may or may not use cocaine and has symptoms of chest pain. "This task is truly daunting," Eagle et al ...