Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri

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A rare case of type A aortic dissection presenting as acute stroke: a diagnostic challenge
Anno:
2024
A 60-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with acute left hemiplegia, not chest pains. Past medical history was significant for family history of aortic aneurysm, arterial hypertension. At brain-CT was reported hypodensity areas in posterior arm of the right internal capsule and in right tempero-polar lobe, confirmed on…
Prediction of Acute Aortic Syndromes in Patients with Dilatation of Ascending Aorta: is it the Holy Grail of Contemporary Cardiac Surgery ?
Anno:
2024
Objective Acute aortic syndromes (AAS) represent the most frequent emergency situation in cardiac surgery. Despite improvements in surgical outcomes in recent decades, postoperative mortality in these situations is still significant (5-20%). The study of potential markers able of identifying patients at high-risk for AAS has been widely evaluated for…