internal medicine cardiology internal medicine cardiology
| Aortic dissection |
| Prevalence Clinical features Differential diagnosis Investigations Therapy Prevention Prognosis |  |
Give propranolol to patients c particularly with Marfan syndrome. 
a
Initially 10 mg four times a day, and after 2 to 4 weeks titred so that heart rate is < 100 bpm during exercise, or systolic interval increased by less than 30%. |
Expiry date: August 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides
| Author | CM Ball |
| Reviewer | M Briggs |
| CAT Writers | CM Ball , CJ Wotton |