Symptoms are often unreliable, but include severe tearing chest pain; cough; dyspnea (shortness of breath); dysphagia (difficulty swallowing); back pain; and hoarseness. Blood pressure is usually high in the upper body, but low in the lower body. A widened mediastinum and a massive left hemothorax are often found in an X-ray. There can be bruising of the anterior chest wall, and a systolic murmur can be heard on the bottom of the heart.
Traumatic aortic rupture
Aortic rupture
Thoracic aorta injury
Acute aortic syndrome
Diaphragmatic rupture
Aortic dissection
Pulmonary hematoma
Myocardial rupture