# True Aortic Dissection?

## Metadata
- Content type: Blog
- Canonical URL: https://123sonography.com/blog/echo-demos/true-aortic-dissection
- Published: December 18, 2023
- Last updated: September 17, 2024

## Overview
We are all afraid of missing the diagnosis of an aortic dissection in our medical careers. But what if we flip the situation around?

## Snapshot
- Category: Echo Demos

## Authors
- [Sophie Wieser, MD](/speaker/159)

## Tags
- Echo

## Related Courses
- [Aortic Disease FocusClass](/aortic-disease-focusclass)

## Content
We are all afraid of missing the diagnosis of an aortic dissection in our medical careers. Aortic dissection is a real emergency and nearly no patient survives without rapid surgery. The mortality rate is about 70%, with death most commonly due to intrapericardial aortic rupture!

But what if we flip the situation around? What if you diagnosed an aortic dissection when in fact there was none? Look at the following two example loops:

- Do they both show aortic dissection?
- Or have artifacts sneaked into the diagnosis?

[![](https://123sonography.com/sites/default/files/styles/video_thumbnail/public/video/images/Screenshot%202023-12-18%20at%2016.44.17.png?itok=AuHjMC0y)](https://vimeo.com/895866245&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0)

[![](https://123sonography.com/sites/default/files/styles/video_thumbnail/public/video/images/Screenshot%202023-12-18%20at%2016.47.10.png?itok=DxibUQy8)](https://vimeo.com/895866399&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0)

Make sure not to miss any diagnosis in the future – learn more about aortic disease now!