Population-Based Study of Incidence and Outcome of Acute Aortic Dissection and Premorbid Risk Factor Control
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Population-based cohort assessed for acute aortic dissection
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Discussion
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Implication
Hospital registry data on aortic dissection warrant cautious interpretation; leaves open accurate incidence and hypertension associations pending population-based confirmation.
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Population
Population-based cohort assessed for acute aortic dissection
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Outcome
Incidence and case fatality of acute aortic dissection, and association with premorbid hypertensionhard clinical
Prospective population-based studies reveal that hospital registries underestimate the incidence, case fatality, and impact of uncontrolled hypertension in acute aortic dissection.
Cite This Study
Howard et al. (2013) studied this question.