Abstract:Acute aortic dissection is a highly disabling disease, due to severe neurological deficits caused by damage to the brachiocephalous arteries. The study enrolled 92 patients, 74% of them were men and 26% women. Everybody underwent extracranial duplex scanning and/or multispiral computer tomography of neck vessels. The narrowing of the true lumen by 60% and either the occurrence of a stroke or a transient ischemic attack against the background of the involvement of brachiocephalous arteries in the process of … Show more
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