Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome: a Canadian clinical practice guideline

• DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.200021
• Publication Date: 2020-07-20T09:24:43Z
• Authors: Robert Ohle; Justin W. Yan; Krishan Yadav; Alexis Cournoyer; David W. Savage; Prasad Jetty; Rony Atoui; Bindu Bittira; Brock Wilson; Ashish Gupta; Niamh Coffey; Yvonne Callaway; Jeffrey Middaugh; Dominique Ansell; Fraser Rubens; Stephen J. Bignucolo; Terena-Marie Scott; Sarah McIsaac; Eddy Lang
• Keywords: Acute aortic syndrome; Guideline; Clinical Practice

KEY POINTS Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a life-threatening emergency, accounting for 1/2000 presentations of acute chest or back pain to the emergency department.[1][1] It clinical spectrum diagnoses including dissection, intramural hematoma and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer at