Key result
Emergent surgical repair successfully treated a 43-year-old man presenting atypically with acute limb ischemia secondary to a type A aortic dissection with hemopericardium and iliac thrombosis.
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Atypical presentation of type A aortic dissection as acute limb ischemia highlights the need for high clinical suspicion to ensure timely, life-saving surgical management.
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Atypical limb ischemia may signal type A dissection; this case extends phenotypic descriptions but should not yet change practice.
Namana et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Aortic dissection with hemopericardium and thrombosed left common iliac artery (n=1). Emergent surgical repair (ascending aorta replacement, hemi-arch, aortic valve repair, and femoral-femoral bypass) was evaluated on Survival and limb salvage. Emergent surgical repair successfully treated a 43-year-old man presenting atypically with acute limb ischemia secondary to a type A aortic dissection with hemopericardium and iliac thrombosis.
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