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. 2010 Feb 14;67(11):1799–1815. doi: 10.1007/s00018-010-0276-z

Table 2.

Symptoms and complications

Artery Ascending aorta Descending aorta Ren. A. ICA VA Intracran. Aa. Coron. Aa.
Symptoms Pain Pain Pain Pain Pain Headache pain Pain
Complications

Aortic rupture

MI

Neurological complications

Aortic rupture

Organ/leg ischemia

HTN

Horner syndrome

Brain ischemia

Brain ischemia

Brain ischemia

SAH

MI

Acute coronary syndrome

ICA internal carotid artery, ren. A. renal artery, VA vertebral artery, MI myocardial infarction, HTN hypertension, SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage