Ascending aortic dissection
by Nanda Navin C

Comprehensive Textbook of Echocardiography

by Navin C Nanda
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This video clip a baseline echocardiogram showing aortic dissection in a patient hospitalized for chest pain. The stress echocardiogram was cancelled and the patient underwent a computed tomography of the chest, which was consistent with ascending aortic dissection (type A). The patient underwent subsequent surgery for repair of the aortic dissection. (LA: Left atrium; LV: Left ventricle).

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