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restednready t1_itnipfm wrote

Reply to comment by MedicalJargon-itis in TIL Michael DeBakey, developed over many years the technique of replacing the damaged aorta with a tube made of polyethylene terephthalate. He himself suffered aortic dissection at the age of 97 and survived for two years thanks to the technique he developed himself. by Bobba_fat

Ritter died within 24 hours. It's pretty common for an aortic dissection to be misdiagnosed. Statistically about 40% of people who suffer a dissertation are dead in the first 48 hours.

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MahjongNucleus t1_itnmior wrote

Some people suffer with connective tissue disorders for 30 years without diagnosis because doctors don't believe them and they only get a diagnosis when it presents as something life threatening like Aortic Dissection or Brain Aneurysms when the patient has been dealing with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia since they were a teen but felt as if this was normal for everyone or was allergic to everything. People with Marfans and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome both face these potential problems.

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Seboya_ t1_itnzbxs wrote

Those poor grad students. Academia sure is a cutthroat world

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onarainyafternoon t1_itqfr21 wrote

> 40% of people who suffer a dissertation are dead in the first 48 hours.

LOL

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restednready t1_itqhtpa wrote

Lmao... I just saw that... You would think the autocorrect on my phone would know the difference between a dissection and a dissertation.... I had my aortic Graft implanted 3 years ago next month and have googled it.... A lot!

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