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Non evasive surgery such as stenting is a great medical advance.
Techniques in all surgeries for Dissection have advanced incredibly through the years of my Dissection.
14 years ago I were given the odds of 80% fatality if I underwent surgery.
My Dissection was and still is medically managed.
Nowadays my surgery has an 80% success rate.
The advancement in genetics has undoubtedly saved lives and will continue to do so.
I also believe that awareness of aortic dissection is a great advancement and saves lives now and will continue to do so in the future.
Detection of aortic dissection within first phase medical assessment such as A&E departments, 1st responders is vital and a diagnostic programme should be put in place in all 1st phase departments.
THINK AORTA!
AD is often mistaken for heart attack,
If the ecg readings come back negative for heart attack THINK AORTA!