Table III.
Presenting Symptoms
| No. | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Painful aortic dissection | 317 | 87.8 (total) |
| Pain level severe | 287 | 90.8 |
| Medium | 6 | 1.9 |
| Mild | 23 | 7.3 |
| Migration pain | 53 | 20.1 |
| Chest pain total | 279 | 77.3 |
| Only chest pain | 141 | 39.1 |
| With back pain | 101 | 28.0 |
| With abdominal pain | 31 | 8.6 |
| With lumbar myalgia | 6 | 1.7 |
| Upper abdominal pain | 16 | 4.4 |
| Back pain | 22 | 6.1 |
| Only back pain | 15 | 4.2 |
| With lumbar myalgia | 7 | 1.9 |
| Concomitant symptoms | ||
| Syncope | 18 | 5.0 |
| Sensory or motor disability of extremity | 25 | 6.9 |
| Hypotension or shock | 7 | 1.9 |
| Dark stools | 5 | 1.5 |
| Coma | 3 | 1.0 |
| Amaurosis or blurred vision | 3 | 1.0 |
| Dizziness or headache | 3 | 1.0 |
| Dyspnea | 3 | 1.0 |
| Abdominal distension or diarrhea | 3 | 1.0 |
| Oliguria or dysuria | 3 | 1.0 |
| Hoarseness | 2 | 0.6 |
| Slurred speech | 2 | 0.6 |
| Hematemesis | 2 | 0.6 |
| Bloody urine | 2 | 0.6 |
| Neck pain | 2 | 0.6 |
| Jaundice | 1 | 0.3 |
| Painless aortic dissection | 44 | 12.2 |
| Chest distress | 15 | 4.2 |
| Health examination | 8 | 2.2 |
| Dyspnea | 7 | 1.9 |
| Syncope | 3 | 1 |
| Coma | 1 | 0.3 |
| Paralysis or hemiplegia | 6 | 1.7 |
| Cough | 5 | 1.4 |
| Fever | 3 | 1.0 |
| Hoarseness | 2 | 0.6 |
| Pulsating mass | 1 | 0.3 |
| Hemoptysis | 1 | 0.3 |
| Hypertension | 1 | 0.3 |
| Choking sensation | 1 | 0.3 |
| Edema of lower limbs | 1 | 0.3 |