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. 2021 Oct;71(8):842-846.

[Aortic dissection at the acute phase]

[Article in French]
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  • PMID: 35147335

[Aortic dissection at the acute phase]

[Article in French]
Jean-Marc Alsac. Rev Prat. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION Acute aortic dissection is the most common and dramatic of aortic emergencies. The many complications that it generates, such as rupture or malperfusion, make it a complex pathology to be managed in the context of an emergency, which requires many medical and surgical skills. Its medical management is based on the control of arterial pressure, and its surgical treatment on the replacement of the ascending aorta when damaged, or the endovascular repair of the descending thoracic aorta by aortic stentgraft. The clinical and radiological features of its prevention in the general population are unfortunately still little recognized.

DISSECTION AORTIQUE À LA PHASE AIGUË La dissection aortique est la plus fréquente et la plus dramatique des urgences aortiques. Les nombreuses complications qu’elle génère, à type de rupture ou de malperfusion d’organe, en font une pathologie complexe, à prendre en charge dans le cadre de l’urgence, qui nécessite de nombreuses compétences médico-chirurgicales. Son traitement médical repose sur le contrôle de la pression artérielle, et son traitement chirurgical sur le remplacement de l’aorte ascendante, lorsqu’elle est atteinte, ou la réparation de l’aorte thoracique descendante par endoprothèse aortique. Les éléments cliniques et radiologiques de sa prévention dans la population générale sont encore malheureusement peu reconnus.

Keywords: Aorta; Aortic Diseases; Dissection; Vascular Surgical Procedures.

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Conflict of interest statement

L’auteur déclare participer et avoir participé à des interventions ponctuelles (essais cliniques et travaux scientifiques, conférences, actions de formations) pour les entreprises WL Gore et Associates, COOK Medical, Terumo Aortic, Medtronic.

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