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Dr. Jolobe, in his comments on our case study,1 is quite right in highlighting 2 pertinent examples of the potentially severe iatrogenic patient harm that may result from erroneous treatment of pauci-symptomatic acute type A aortic dissection masquerading and possibly misdiagnosed as an acute vascular event, be it ischemic stroke, acute myocardial infarction, or pulmonary thromboembolism.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Ami Schattner Tags: Letter Source Type: research
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