May 2011

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This patient had an AVR in 2005 and presented with acute chest pain from aortic dissection. Note the clear appearance of a dissection flap in the descending aorta and arch. Colour doppler shows no flow in the false lumen with clot formation.

This is a good example of the gross pathology of an aortic dissection.

Dissection in the Descending Aorta

Dissection in the Descending Aorta

Dissection flap in the Aortic arch

Dissection flap in the Aortic arch

Colour doppler of the descending Aorta

Colour doppler of the descending Aorta

Clot formation in the false lumen

Clot formation in the false lumen


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