RT Book, Section A1 MOHEBALI, JAHAN A1 PATEL, VIRENDRA I. A2 Butler, Kathryn L. A2 Harisinghani, Mukesh SR Print(0) ID 1108260406 T1 ACUTE AORTIC PATHOLOGY T2 Acute Care Surgery: Imaging Essentials for Rapid Diagnosis YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071831208 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108260406 RD 2024/10/05 AB A 65-year-old male with a past medical history notable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and a 40 pack-year smoking history complicated by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents to the emergency room with 2 hours of sudden-onset abdominal and lower back pain. Shortly after the pain began, he felt dizzy and nauseated. He was subsequently brought to the emergency room by ambulance.