Aortic dissection

Aortic dissection

Dissection status post-proximal repair with late distal aneurysm

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Aortic dissection

CT scan showing dissecting aneurysm in a 45-year-old patient with Marfan syndrome experiencing chest pain

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Aortic dissection

CT of a 71-year-old man showing type II dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta. Haematoma around the proximal segment of the ascending aorta (panels A-D) compressed the right pulmonary artery, almost occluding its patency and limiting the perfusion of the reciprocal lung

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Aortic dissection

High-risk features of aortic dissection

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Aortic dissection

Trans-oesophageal echocardiography (transverse aortic section) showing a circumferential dissection of the ascending aorta in a 30-year-old patient with features of Marfan's syndrome

Bouzas-Mosquera A, Solla-Buceta M, Fojón-Polanco S. Circumferential aortic dissection. BMJ Case Reports 2009; doi:10.1136/bcr.2007.049908

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