title: [Aortic intramural hematoma type B: images of an entity with different evolution pathways].
abstract: The progress in noninvasive imaging techniques for aortic pathology, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MRI) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) have facilitated the diagnosis and management of patients with aortic intramural hematoma (IMH). Despite incomplete understanding of their natural history, it is known there is no significant difference between the IMH and classic aortic dissection (AD) on the incidence of major complication or death. In this article, we present images of patient with type B aortic hematoma and different outcomes in their natural evolution.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cardiología. Hospital de la Universidad Abierta Interamericana. Cátedra de Fisiología. Facultad de Medicina. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pérez-Baztarrica
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salvaggio
authors.forename: Sebastián
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villecco
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Porcile
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans