A 54-year-old male impacted the steering wheel with his chest when his truck struck another vehicle head-on. He complains of retrosternal chest pain, dysphagia, and dyspnea. Although his blood pressure is 160/90, his femoral pulses are weakly palpable. You should suspect:
A. vena cava compression.
B. ruptured aortic aneurysm.
C. traumatic aortic disruption.
Ans: C. traumatic aortic disruption.
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