Aortic Dissection in Women: Still Underappreciated?

Richmond W Jeremy^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Marfan and Aortic Disease Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Richmond W Jeremy. JACC Adv. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 22;2(8):100624.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100624. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Richmond W Jeremy^{1

2}

¹ Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Marfan and Aortic Disease Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic dissection risk; cardiac arrest; sex.

Conflict of interest statement

The author has reported that he has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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