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Four-Barrel Aortic Dissection Involving the Ascending AortaA Case ReportThird Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan A fifty-four-year-old woman was evaluated at the authors' hospital for symptoms of repeated chest and back pain. The symptoms had recurred for five months prior to admission. A dynamic computed tomographic scan was performed on admission and demonstrated an enlarged ascending aorta with four barrels secondary to split intimal flaps. This case is an extremely rare example of a patient with a four-barrel aortic dissec tion involving the ascending aorta.
Angiology, Vol. 46, No. 11,
1059-1062 (1995) |
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