@andytheman absolutely get a second opinion. November 9, 2025 I was getting ready for church, my family had gone a head of me because I was running late. Shortly after they left I felt a stabbing pain that went in through my chest and came out my back. The pain was indescribable. I can’t imagine pain being any worse than losing a limb or a burn. Something kept telling me it was not a heart attack, we went to the ER and after a 3 hour wait I was finally taken back, asked a few questions I was taken to have a CT scan. The tech immediately told me I had an aortic tear. They rushed me back to the exam room and told me I was about to have emergency surgery. An hour and half later I was under the knife. They told my husband that patients with this type of tear don’t make it to the hospital but those that do have less than a 1% chance of survival. But guess what I made it. I am healing well physically but struggling emotionally. I am a firm believer that ever doctor cannot know everything and apparently this doctor did not. I am an advocate for Aortic Dissections because they are over looked more times than they are diagnosed. Find yourself a thoracic surgeon, get a CT San and there be no more guess work. Go with the working signs you body is giving you. Cardiologist don’t know what they need to know about Aortic Dissections.
Do not wait!