Aortic Dissection chapter written by Shanaz Sajeed from Singapore is just uploaded to the Website!
A 56-year-old male presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of severe tearing chest pain radiating to the back. He had a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia. He was a smoker. Upon arrival, he appeared to be diaphoretic and in severe pain. He denied any prior history of chest pain. He had been without any infective symptoms lately. He was compliant with his medications, namely, amlodipine and simvastatin. At triage, his blood pressure was noted to be 80/60 mmHg with a pulse rate of 130 bpm. His oxygen saturation was 95% on room air, and his respiratory rate was 22 breaths per minute. On examination, he had muffled heart sounds, jugular venous distention, and radio-radial pulse delay.
