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ecj-1554	Masoero, Monica; Leotta, Giannina; Vischia, Federico; Sechi, Antonio	Transient global amnesia: an atypical presentation of acute aortic dissection	2013	3	.pdf	application/pdf	2673	139	51	Especially in pain-free dissections (occurring in 5-15% cases) with predominant neurological symptoms, diagnosis of AD can be difficult and delayed.2,3 Despite major advances in diagnostic imag- ing and progress in therapy, the diagnosis of aortic dissection still remains unsuspected in a high number of patients (up to 28%), and mortality rate is still high.2,4 In literature, only few cases of transient global amnesia (TGA) have been reported in association with acute aortic dissection (AAD).5-16 Hence, with the case reported below, we want to emphasize AD as a rare cause of pure TGA. In AD patients, the propagation of the dissection and false lumen to the cere- bral arteries could transiently reduce cerebral blood flow and entail an ischemic stroke with focal signs or a hypoxic encephalopathy with syncope, seizure, or global amnesia.	cache/ecj-1554.pdf	txt/ecj-1554.txt