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The SARS-COV 2 pandemic has disrupted many processes of care related to prevention, diagnostic, and therapeutic interventions, including emergency cardiac conditions. Primary care focused on COVID-19 management and vaccination has led to a preventive and therapeutic gap of many chronic conditions and risk factors, including hypertension, a main trigger for Acute Aortic Dissection (AAD).
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