Large Intramural Aortic Hematoma with Intimal Tear

Aorta (Stamford). 2020 Aug;8(4):118-120. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1714058. Epub 2020 Nov 9.

Abstract

A 72-year-old man presented with excruciating epigastric pain. A chest computed tomography angiography revealed an aortic intramural hematoma. A filling defect within the distal ascending aorta was noted. Images of an intramular hematoma and surgical details of an ascending aortic replacement under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest are provided.

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