TY - JOUR T1 - Theme: Arterial dissection JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 160 LP - 160 DO - 10.1136/emj.2009.089268a VL - 27 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2010/02/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/27/2/160.abstract N2 - True. Note that ‘blunt trauma from a high-speed deceleration injury usually causes traumatic aortic rupture, which is an entity distinctly different from aortic dissection’.1True. Rather than ‘tearing’ the pain is most commonly described as sharp. The other features have good specificity when combined with pain but poor sensitivity.2True, but are rarely diagnostic.2 3False. Helical … ER -