title: Aortic dissection: the flood tide sign.
abstract: Aortic dissection is a challenging medical and surgical problem. Its evolution depends on size and location of its intimal tears. We describe a case of contrast enhanced MD-CT with low out flow of the false lumen for an unbalanced between the entry and the reentry tears. This determined a delayed filling up of the false lumen on the arterial phase that was complete on the venous one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Via Pio II, 3, 20153 Milano, Italy. Electronic address: urossi76@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Umberto G
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seitun
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cariati
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency
keywords: Aortic dissection; CT; False lumen; Sign