Real-time imaging of dissection of the ascending aorta.
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.
Gasperini
Stefano
S
Department of Cardiology, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Zacà
Valerio
V
Mondillo
Sergio
S
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