CHRONIC DISSECTING ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA, SIMULATING SYPHILITIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; NOTES ON THE ASSOCIATED AORTIC MURMURS
Authors: Benjamin A. Gouley, Edward Anderson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 December 1940CHRONIC DISSECTING ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA, SIMULATING SYPHILITIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; NOTES ON THE ASSOCIATED AORTIC MURMURSBENJAMIN A. GOULEY, M.D., EDWARD ANDERSON, M.D.BENJAMIN A. GOULEY, M.D., EDWARD ANDERSON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-6-978 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the last 10 years, 31 cases of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta have been observed at necropsy at the Philadelphia General Hospital, an incidence of 1:480 in necropsies of patients over the age of 20 years.†Sixteen of these cases had presented the characteristic feature of dissection of the aorta, namely, the abrupt onset of severe and often excruciating pain which was usually thoracic, but also frequently abdominal, occurring in hypertensive patients and followed in most instances by sudden death. 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Such minute dissections are usually the result of "medionecrosis aortae cystica," yet probably would not have occurred in the absence of the major arteriosclerotic factor. We included the occasional case where secondary dissection was prominent, i.e., 4 cm. or more. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEarly descriptions of aortic regurgitationSyphilitic AortitisKrankheiten der GefäßeSpontaneous aneurysm of the ductus arteriosusHealed Dissecting Aneurysm in Cystic Medial Necrosis of the AortaCHRONIC (HEALED) DISSECTING ANEURYSMSAneurysmenDissecting Aneurysm of the AortaACQUIRED COARCTATION IN THE NEW CHANNEL OF A HEALED DISSECTING AORTIC ANEURYSM*DON E. 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