title: [Aortic pseudo-valvular image with diastolic eccentricity of the semilunaris. A specific sign of aortic dissection?].
abstract: M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiograms were obtained in a patient with aortic dissection (De Bakey type 1). The M-mode echocardiogram showed an image resembling to an aortic valve with a left coronary cusp and eccentric diastolic echoes. The M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiograms recorded at a more distal level showed that this image was produced by the systo-diastolic movements of the torn intima. Such an echocardiographic finding should suggest the presence of an aortic dissection.
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Immagine pseudo-valvolare aortica con eccentricità diastolica delle semilunari. Un segno specifico di dissezione aortica?