Key result
CTA falsely diagnoses acute aortic dissection in a single case, resulting in an unnecessary sternotomy.
Why the study?
Patients with acute aortic dissection present with varied symptoms making diagnosis difficult, and imaging techniques have limitations.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the limitations and potential for false positives in using CTA for diagnosing acute aortic dissection, which can lead to severe unnecessary surgical interventions.
CTA false positives may trigger unnecessary sternotomy; leaves open the need for confirmatory imaging protocols in suspected aortic dissection.
Patients with acute aortic dissection present with such varied symptoms that diagnosis becomes difficult. Various imaging techniques like computed tomography angiography (CTA), magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography are used to diagnose this entity, but they too have their limitations. We present a case, which was falsely diagnosed as acute aortic dissection by CTA, which resulted in patient undergoing sternotomy.
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Baloria et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Acute aortic dissection (n=1). Computed tomography angiography (CTA) was evaluated on False positive diagnosis of acute aortic dissection. Computed tomography angiography falsely diagnosed acute aortic dissection in a patient, resulting in an unnecessary sternotomy.
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