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Aortic dissection is one of the most feared complications of an aortic aneurysm. Patients who have a prior dissection as a cause of an aneurysm are at increased risk of rapid expansion in re-dissection of the aneurysm. | Aortic dissection is one of the most feared complications of an aortic aneurysm. Patients who have a prior dissection as a cause of an aneurysm are at increased risk of rapid expansion in re-dissection of the aneurysm. | ||
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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
Natural History
Complications
Dissection
Aortic dissection is one of the most feared complications of an aortic aneurysm. Patients who have a prior dissection as a cause of an aneurysm are at increased risk of rapid expansion in re-dissection of the aneurysm.
Prognosis
Factors associated with a worse prognosis are:
- Diastolic dysfunction
- Traumatic aneurysm
- Associated coronary artery disease
- Carotid artery disease