@entity1580 ( @entity1580 ) is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate diagnosis and surgical correction. @entity1 with acute @entity1580 usually present clinically with an insignificant medical history, leading to a high probability of misdiagnosis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the number of misdiagnoses of @entity1 with @entity1580 in order to understand this problem and to avoid future misdiagnosis in the emergency department. Clinical data from 361 @entity1 with @entity1580 admitted between January 2003 and June 2008 were reviewed as part of a retrospective chart review. Diagnosis of @entity1580 was made using either chest x-ray, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, or angiography. Fifty-one @entity1 had an initial misdiagnosis (14.1%), later found to have experienced @entity1580 . The condition may clinically present in a varied number of manifestations, including @entity1163 , @entity662 , @entity158 , acute @entity712 , or alternatively with minimal symptoms. @entity1 of any age can experience an @entity1580 , with key clinical manifestations of @entity158 . Echocardiography can be used for primary examination of @entity1 with suspected @entity1580 ; however, a definite diagnosis is usually made using computed tomographic or magnetic resonance angiography. Care should be taken, particularly in the emergency department, to maintain a level of suspicion for @entity1580 diagnosis in order to avoid the potential for misdiagnosis.

Misdiagnosis of aortic dissection: experience of 361 XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Persons', 'Patients', 'patients'] @entity662 :: ('MESH:D002637', 'Disease') :: ['chest pain'] @entity712 :: ('MESH:D006333', 'Disease') :: ['congestive heart failure'] @entity1163 :: ('MESH:D013575', 'Disease') :: ['syncope'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal pain, back pain', 'pain'] @entity1580 :: ('MESH:C562834', 'Disease') :: ['Aortic dissection', 'AD']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
