title: [Aortic intramural hematoma and penetrating aortic ulcer].
abstract: Two poor-defined acute aortic syndromes (intramural aortic hematoma and penetrating aortic ulcer) that must be distinguished from the classic dissection are reviewed in this article. Based on the literature and our own experience we describe the clinical characteristics, diagnostic aspects and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vilacosta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aragoncillo
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014456:Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Hematoma intramural aórtico y úlcera penetrante aórtica.