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Can I work with Chronic Aortic Dissection?
Collaborative Care ApproachesPatient-Centered Outcomeschronic aortic dissectiontype B aortic dissectioncardiologysurgery

Can I work with Chronic Aortic Dissection?

Patients are not generally provided with complete lists of activities that they can resume including their professional work. Professor Mussa discusses how patients can gradually resume baseline activities and return to their jobs.

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Patients with chronic aortic dissection could return to work with prior, with whichever, whichever level of activity that they had prior to the dissection. If it's uncomplicated type B or exception and it's been three months since their index admission to the hospital, it's really up to them and their GP or cardiologist, surgeons and have a full discussion of what kind of activities they are required to do during their work, and then can decide what kind of level of activity they could resume. Most patients return to full activity after a period of time, whether at work or at home.

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