Aortic Dissection Presenting as Leg Pain.

Nathan George; Latha Ganti; Michael Falgiani; Bobby Desai

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.8389

Aortic Dissection Presenting as Leg Pain.

Nathan George
, Latha Ganti
, Michael Falgiani
, Bobby Desai

University of Central Florida
Emergency Medicine, Envision Physician Services, Nashville, USA.

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.8389
State	Published - Jun 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Surgery

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