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Aortic Dissection: Multimedia

Author: Mary C Mancini, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
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Updated: Apr 16, 2009

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Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap (right ...
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Media file 1: Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap (right side of image).
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Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap (right side of image).

Aortic dissection. True lumen versus false lumen ...
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Media file 2: Aortic dissection. True lumen versus false lumen in an intimal flap.
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Aortic dissection. True lumen versus false lumen in an intimal flap.

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Media file 3: Aortic dissection. Left subsegmental atelectasis and left plural effusion. Flap at lower right of image.
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Aortic dissection. Left subsegmental atelectasis and left plural effusion. Flap at lower right of image.

Aortic dissection. Significant left plural effusi...
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Aortic dissection. Significant left plural effusion.

Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap (center...
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Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap (center of image).

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Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap (center of image).

Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap.
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Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap.

Aortic dissection. Mediastinal widening.
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Aortic dissection. Mediastinal widening.

Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap.
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Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap.

Aortic dissection. Thrombus and a patent lumen.
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Media file 13: Aortic dissection. Thrombus and a patent lumen.
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Aortic dissection. Thrombus and a patent lumen.

Aortic dissection. Thrombus and a patent lumen.

Aortic dissection. Thrombus.
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Aortic dissection. Thrombus.

Aortic dissection. Thrombus.

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Media file 15: Aortic dissection. True lumen and false lumen separated by an intimal flap.
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Aortic dissection. True lumen and false lumen separated by an intimal flap.

Aortic dissection. Mediastinal widening.
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Aortic dissection. Mediastinal widening.

Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap.
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Aortic dissection. CT scan showing a flap.

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Aortic dissection. Intimal flap and left plural effusion.

Image A represents a Stanford A or a DeBakey type...
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Media file 19: Image A represents a Stanford A or a DeBakey type 1 dissection. Image B represents a Stanford A or DeBakey type II dissection. Image C represents a Stanford type B or a DeBakey type III dissection. Image D is classified in a manner similar to A but contains an additional entry tear in the descending thoracic aorta. Note that a primary arch dissection does not fit neatly into either classification.
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Image A represents a Stanford A or a DeBakey type 1 dissection. Image B represents a Stanford A or DeBakey type II dissection. Image C represents a Stanford type B or a DeBakey type III dissection. Image D is classified in a manner similar to A but contains an additional entry tear in the descending thoracic aorta. Note that a primary arch dissection does not fit neatly into either classification.

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References

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Keywords

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Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Mary C Mancini, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Mary C Mancini, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American College of Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Southern Surgical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Benson B Roe, MD, Emeritus Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emeritus Professor, Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center
Benson B Roe, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American College of Cardiology, American College of Surgeons, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, American Surgical Association, California Medical Association, Society for Vascular Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Society of University Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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Managing Editor

Vincent Lopez Rowe, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Southern California Medical Center
Vincent Lopez Rowe, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, and Society for Vascular Surgery
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Amer Suleman, MD, Consultant in Electrophysiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical City Dallas Hospital
Amer Suleman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Heart Association, American Institute of Stress, American Society of Hypertension, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Royal Society of Medicine, and Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

John Geibel, MD, DSc, MA, Vice Chairman, Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine; Director of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital
John Geibel, MD, DSc, MA is a member of the following medical societies: American Gastroenterological Association, American Physiological Society, American Society of Nephrology, Association for Academic Surgery, International Society of Nephrology, New York Academy of Sciences, and Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
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