Intramural Aortic Abscess Mimicking Chronic Aortic Dissection
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https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20111113Abstract
A 77-year-old patient was referred for progressive fatigue and dyspnea on exertion. Preoperative imaging evaluations including transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography were suggestive of a chronic ascending aortic dissection with an intramural hematoma. Intraoperatively, the intramural structure was identified as an abscess cavity.References
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