Microaneurysm formation in an intercostal artery--a possible mechanism for intramural hematoma of the distal thoracic aorta.
Departments of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
Yoshihiro
Y
Takeda
Departments of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
Rui
R
Ishii
Departments of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
Masaaki
M
Hoshiga
Departments of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: ishizaka@poh.osaka-med.ac.jp.
Nobukazu
N
Ishizaka
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D013895:Thoracic Arteries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Intercostal artery; Intramural hematoma