Acute aortic syndrome

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Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a clinical syndrome caused by one of three life-threatening aortic pathologies which all have similar clinical features. These are:

Patients usually present with severe chest pain that has a tearing character. There is often hypertension. ‎