Investigation of choice when the probability of coronary artery disease is more than 85%:
a) Invasive coronary angiography
b) CT coronary angiography
c) Stress echo
d) Nuclear imaging
CT Triple rule out CT Triple rule out is an ECG gated multi detector computerized tomographic scan which can be used in for patients presenting to the emergency
The characteristic feature of D-dimer elevation in aortic dissection is that the levels are very high immediately after the dissection while in most other disorders associated with D-dimer
Anisosphymia (asymmetric pulses) is an important feature which makes one suspect aortic dissection in a person presenting with chest pain. What percentage of persons with aortic dissection have
There are several mechanisms for aortic regurgitation in aortic dissection:
Dilatation of the aortic root and annulus
Tearing of aortic annulus or cusps of the aortic valve
Displacement of aortic cusps