Aortic Dissection While Awaiting Surgery
Case #264
A 57-year-old man was diagnosed in the outpatient setting with an ascending aortic aneurysm and chronic dissection.
He was asymptomatic.
The patient was working out-of-state, and decided to return home for surgery.
He had a consultation with cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. E.
A cardiac catheterization was scheduled several days later, to be followed by aorta re…