%0 Journal Article
%T Aortic dissection presenting as a febrile disease and atrial fibrillation
%A Blas-Macedo
%A Jorge
%A M¨¢rquez-Ram¨ªrez
%A Dolores
%A G¨®mez-Dominguez
%A Jos¨¦ de Jes¨²s
%J Revista de investigaci¨®n cl¨ªnica
%D 2007
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X aortic dissection is a cardiovascular emergency. its main manifestation is severe chest pain, and approximately 50% of patients present with an elevated systemic blood pressure. rare reported physical findings include a pulsatile sterno-clavicular joint, dysphagia or testicular tenderness. the absence of sudden onset of pain lowers the likelihood of aortic dissection. we describe a patient in whom aortic dissection was accompanied by fever, nightsweats, suprasternal pain and atrial fibrillation.
%K aortic dissection
%K emergency
%K nightsweats
%K fever
%K atrial fibrillation.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-83762007000100011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en