TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Acute Aortic Dissection (AoD) is the disruption of tunica intima and media aortic wall forming a blood-filled dissection plane dividing into "true" "false" lumen. We categorize AoD as Type A B (Stanford classification) based on part aorta involved. However, an accurate diagnosis difficult due to inconsistent clinical...
