Aortic Dissection/Transection
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Identify dissection vs. transection.
- Perform ABCDEs for all traumatic injuries of the aorta.
- Primary and secondary survey to identify and catalog all other associated injuries
- For aortic dissection, identify acute vs. chronic.
- Hemodynamically stable vs. unstable
- Famous victims:
- Deaths
- King George II of Great Britain
- Liese Prokop, Austrian Interior Minister and Olympic silver medalist
- Lucille Ball, actress
- Ted Bessell, actor
- Flo Hyman, volleyball player
- Jonathan Larson, composer of Rent
- John Ritter, actor
- Richard Biggs, actor
- Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist
- Jim Murray, American sportswriter, Los Angeles Times, 1961-1998
- Survivors
- Dr. Michael E. DeBakey
- Devised the surgery to correct aortic dissection and many other cardiovascular and vascular techniques
- Noted to be the oldest patient ever to receive his own operation
- He was 97 at the time of surgery on Feb. 9/10, 2006.
- He survived and had severe myopathy from deconditioning; with help from physical therapists. he was able to return to a full day’s work until his death from natural causes on July 11, 2008.
- Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
- Gerard Houllier, former manager of Liverpool Football Club and Olympique Lyonnais
- Jose Miguel Arroyo, spouse of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Dr. Michael E. DeBakey
- Deaths
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Last updated: April 17, 2010
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