Real-time imaging of dissection of the ascending aorta

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Jan;9(1):97-8. doi: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.03.027.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aorta
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pericardial Effusion / therapy