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Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection: Images of an Unusual Clinical Presentation

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Hesperia Hospital, Modena, Italy
¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
² Department of Radiology, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy

For reprint information contact: Davide Gabbieri, MD Tel: 39 059 449 237 Fax: 39 059 449 444 Email: dgabbieri@yahoo.it, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hesperia Hospital, Via Arquà 80/A, Modena 41100, Italy.

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A 64-year-old woman with history of stable chronic type B aortic dissection was admitted with signs and symptoms of malperfusion of the lower body. Spiral computed tomography (Figure 1A . . . [Full Text of this Article]