title: Real-time imaging of dissection of the ascending aorta.
abstract: We report the case of a 72-year-old woman referred for evaluation of a chest and back pain in whom we documented the dramatic progression from intramural hematoma to dissection of the ascending aorta with cardiac tamponade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gasperini
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zacà
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondillo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001011:Aorta; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy