"It is exactly this complication for which I have always advised patients with prior aortic abnormalities (aortopathies) to avoid COVID-19 vaccination. If you know someone who has died shortly after vaccination and they had antecedent back pain or a prior aneurysm, ask the family if there was an autopsy. This is important since aortopathies can be familial and other family members could be screened with imaging and genetic testing."
I know several people who had aortic dissection. One made it to the ER ... last time his wife saw him alive, he was going around the corner to imaging. He had an external rupture and died right then and there.
The other aortic dissection was picked up on a screening & was monitored until it showed enlargement & then was successfully stented.
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"Come on kids...I want to run up to CVS so you can get the COVID vaccination. Your Dad and I got it this weekend."
I had a spontaneous left carotid artery dissection in 2004. No stroke or sequela after 6 months on Plavix. Spent the night at Barrow Neurological Institute with lots of tests and imaging. The doctors couldn’t explain it, altho there is some thought that a virus may have weakened the arterial wall. I had the strangest cold about 2 weeks prior to this incident, so this explanation rings true to me.
The victim was in his 90s.
Some would say that's okay since he didn't have much longer to live, anyway.
That attitude infuriates me.
Aortic dissection happens so quickly it was the only procedure in our ER that required people to literally drop what they were doing and run to the OR, where scrubbing in was not required.
The few times I witnessed it, it was scary and impressive. Most patients don’t survive.
My wife had 2 coronary artery dissections. They have been attributed to the structure of her arteries and specific stressors at the time. There were no external issues (medication, disease, etc.).
This article sounds like a stretch. But, I got clots within two days of the vaccine…so I tell everyone to be cautious. I am an example of how this crap is not good for you.