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Thoracic aortic aneurysms are often asymptomatic and as a result can be easily missed. If [[chest pain]] is present, it is critical to differentiate a thoracic aortic aneurysm with dissection from other potential life-threatening diseases. | Thoracic aortic aneurysms are often asymptomatic and as a result can be easily missed. If [[chest pain]] is present, it is critical to differentiate a thoracic aortic aneurysm with dissection from other potential life-threatening diseases. | ||
== | ==Differentiating Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm from other Disorders== | ||
* [[Abdominal aortic aneurysm]]s <ref name="pmid20571364">{{cite journal |author=Larsson E, Vishnevskaya L, Kalin B, Granath F, Swedenborg J, Hultgren R |title=High frequency of thoracic aneurysms in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms |journal=[[Annals of Surgery]] |volume=253 |issue=1 |pages=180–4 |year=2011 |month=January |pmid=20571364 |doi=10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d96498 |url=}}</ref> | * [[Abdominal aortic aneurysm]]s <ref name="pmid20571364">{{cite journal |author=Larsson E, Vishnevskaya L, Kalin B, Granath F, Swedenborg J, Hultgren R |title=High frequency of thoracic aneurysms in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms |journal=[[Annals of Surgery]] |volume=253 |issue=1 |pages=180–4 |year=2011 |month=January |pmid=20571364 |doi=10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d96498 |url=}}</ref> | ||
* [[Acute myocardial infarction]] <ref name="pmid12790268">{{cite journal |author=Schubert H |title=Thoracic aortic dissection: distinguishing it from acute myocardial infarction |journal=[[Canadian Family Physician Médecin De Famille Canadien]] |volume=49 |issue= |pages=583–5 |year=2003 |month=May |pmid=12790268 |pmc=2214223 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | * [[Acute myocardial infarction]] <ref name="pmid12790268">{{cite journal |author=Schubert H |title=Thoracic aortic dissection: distinguishing it from acute myocardial infarction |journal=[[Canadian Family Physician Médecin De Famille Canadien]] |volume=49 |issue= |pages=583–5 |year=2003 |month=May |pmid=12790268 |pmc=2214223 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Thoracic aortic aneurysms are often asymptomatic and as a result can be easily missed. If chest pain is present, it is critical to differentiate a thoracic aortic aneurysm with dissection from other potential life-threatening diseases.
Differentiating Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm from other Disorders
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms [1]
- Acute myocardial infarction [2]
- Congestive heart failure
- Aortic regurgitation
- Blunt chest trauma
- Hypertensive emergency
- Hemothorax
- Pneumothorax
- Pericarditis
- Pulmonary embolism
- Cardiac tamponade
- Superior vena cava syndrome
References
- ↑ Larsson E, Vishnevskaya L, Kalin B, Granath F, Swedenborg J, Hultgren R (2011). "High frequency of thoracic aneurysms in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms". Annals of Surgery. 253 (1): 180–4. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d96498. PMID 20571364. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Schubert H (2003). "Thoracic aortic dissection: distinguishing it from acute myocardial infarction". Canadian Family Physician Médecin De Famille Canadien. 49: 583–5. PMC 2214223. PMID 12790268. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help)