intimal disruption with blood entering the medial layer and stripping the intima from theadventitia.28If clinical presentation is within 2 weeks of symptom onset, the dissection is classified as acute.28If clinical presentation is over 2 weeks from symptom onset, the dissection is classified as ...
Dissection ofaneurysmAneurysmAn aneurysm is a bulging, weakened area of a blood vessel that causes an abnormal widening of its diameter > 1.5 times the size of the native vessel. Aneurysms occur more often in arteries than in veins and are at risk of dissection and rupture, which can be lif...
Explain the physical findings. What is your differential diagnosis? What are the mechanisms of injury in blunt trauma? What tests would you order? What are the classic CXR findings for this condition? What is the usual anatomy and mechanism of this injury? (Where does it occur and why?) ...