AI Article Synopsis
- Acute aortic dissection is a serious medical problem that's hard to spot because it can look like other illnesses.
- In this case, a middle-aged man had chest pain and tests that suggested he might have a heart issue, but scans revealed he actually had a dangerous aortic dissection.
- It's important for doctors to think about aortic dissection when checking for heart problems, and using ultrasound (echocardiography) is key to finding it.
Article Abstract
Acute aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition that is challenging and difficult to recognize since symptoms may mimic other time-dependent conditions like acute coronary syndrome, acute pulmonary embolism or abdominal conditions. We here describe the case of a middle-aged male with thoraco-abdominal pain, positive ECG and troponin tests that demonstrated a large type A aortic dissection at echocardiography done as part of the acute coronary syndrome work-up. This case report reminds clinicians that acute aortic dissection, although rare, should be considered as a differential diagnosis in the work-up of acute coronary syndrome to avoid critical pitfalls, and echocardiography is crucial to rule out it.
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