Aortic dissection masquerading as a code stroke: A single-centre cohort study.
Valeria GuglielmiNina-Suzanne GroeneveldLaura PosthumaAdrien E GrootCharles Blm MajoieHanna TalacuaAbdullah KayaS Matthijs BoekholdtR Nils PlankenYvo Bwem RoosJonathan M CoutinhoPublished in: European stroke journal (2019)
In our comprehensive stroke centre, about 1/200 code stroke patients and 1/125 patients with acute ischaemia had an acute aortic dissection. Multicentre studies are necessary to acquire a more reliable estimate of the incidence of acute aortic dissection in the code stroke population. Given the ramifications of missing this diagnosis, imaging of the entire aortic arch is important in these patients.