Traumatic aortic rupture history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The condition is difficult to detect and may go unnoticed. Most patients have no symptoms. However, a minority of patients may have some of the following symptoms:

• Hoarseness
• Dyspnea or find it difficult to breathe or speak
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Upper back pain

The diagnosis is further complicated by the fact that many patients with the injury experienced multiple other serious injuries as well,^[1] so the attention of hospital staff may be distracted from the possibility of aortic rupture.

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