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Echocardiography 5 minutes before starting
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Examples of pathological findings |
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—Echocardiographic examinations |
—Cardiac function and PA pressure |
—Examples of pathological![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aortic dissection
Guidelines and Standards Multimodality Imaging of Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta in Adults, 2015. |
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Standford A |
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dissection membrane starts approx. 2 cm above the aortic valve, the ascending aorta is aneurysmatic.
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cross-section of the ascen- dant aorta in the same case. Notice the intramural hematoma previous to start
of dissection membrane.
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Standford B |
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Left:
descending aorta short after intersection from the aortic arch. Flat, wall-adherent plaques.
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Left:
more distal, a dissection membrane with entrance tear can be seen. False lumen at the bottom of the image.
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Left:
dissection membrane with entrance tear and PW-Doppler flow display.
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