Aortic dissection masquerading as a code stroke: A single-centre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Data on the incidence of acute aortic dissection in the code stroke population are scarce. We report estimated incidence, clinical manifestations, treatment and outcomes of patients with an acute aortic dissection in a code stroke cohort from a comprehensive stroke centre.

Patients and methods

We used data from a single-centre prospective registry of consecutive adult patients who presented to the emergency department between 2015 and 2018 with neurological deficits suggestive of an acute stroke ('code stroke'). All patients routinely underwent non-contrast computed tomography of the brain and computed tomography-angiography of the aortic arch, cervical and intracranial arteries.

Results

Of 2874 code stroke patients, 1563 (54.4%) had acute ischaemia (isch

SUBMITTER: Guglielmi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7092736 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature