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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;32:935. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.09.006
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Visualization of entry and re-entry tears in a complex type A aortic dissection by 64-slice dual-source computer tomography

Tobias Heyea,*, Matthias Karckb, Götz Richtera, Waldemar Hoscha

a Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
b Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Received 17 July 2007; accepted 5 September 2007.

* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, INF 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 6221 5639391; fax: +49 6221 565730. (Email: tobias.heye@med.uni-heidelberg.de).

Key Words: Computer tomography (CT) • Aortic dissection • Entry • Re-entry

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ECG-gated, contrast-enhanced, 64-slice dual-source CT angiography of the chest demonstrates an acute type A aortic dissection by delivering submillimeter spatial with high temporal resolution to adequately identify the underlying wall pathology of the thoracic aorta. This modality is able to visualize entry and re-entry tears of the dissection membrane (Figs. 1 and 2 , Videos . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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