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
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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
Acute Aortic Dissection
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Acute Aortic Dissection
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General Principles
Control of Blood Pressure
Drugs used to Manage Hypertension
Patients with Haemopericardium
Definitive Treatment
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