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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:
'''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:


* [[Aortic dissection]] (70-80% of AAS)
* [[Aortic dissection]] (70-80% of cases)
* [[Aortic intramural haemotoma]]
* [[Aortic intramural haemotoma]]
* [[Penetratic aortic ulcer]]
* [[Penetratic aortic ulcer]]


 
Patients usually present with severe chest pain that has a tearing character. There is often hypertension.
<noinclude>‎[[Category:Vascular surgery]]</noinclude>
<noinclude>‎[[Category:Vascular surgery]]
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