Frank's sign with acute aortic dissection.
Hironobu NishioriHiroyuki WatanabeYuichi HiranoMasayoshi OtsuPublished in: Clinical case reports (2022)
A 59-year-old man with a long smoking history presented with sudden back pain. Frank's sign was noticed in his bilateral ears, and computed tomography revealed Stanford type A acute aortic dissection. If young patients have Frank's sign, attention should be paid to aortic disease in addition to coronary artery disease.
Keyphrases
- aortic dissection
- computed tomography
- coronary artery disease
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular disease
- smoking cessation
- heart failure
- intensive care unit
- single cell
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- dual energy
- respiratory failure