Acute Aortic Dissection

Context
Definition
Classification
Pathophysiology
Pathophysiological Consequences of AAD
Clinical Assessment
5 Topics
Question: Clinical Presentation
Presenting Features of AAD
Physical Examination
Question: The Significance of Hypotension
The Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-RS) and D-dimer
Investigations
9 Topics
The ECG
Chest Radiography
Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography
Availability of TOE in the UK
Computerised Tomography (CT)
Advantages of CT
Alternative Diagnosis
MRI and Aortography
Clinical Suspicion of AAD
Management
5 Topics
General Principles
Control of Blood Pressure
Drugs used to Manage Hypertension
Patients with Haemopericardium
Definitive Treatment
Pitfalls
Clinical Cases
2 Topics
Case 1
Case 2
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