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Serge Willoteaux1, Christophe Lions, Virginia Gaxotte

  • 1Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, Hôpital Cardiologique, CHRU de Lille, 59037, Lille, France. s-willoteaux@chru-lille.fr

European Radiology
|August 10, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Aortic dissection, a fatal aortic emergency, is increasingly managed with endovascular techniques. Multi-slice CT scanning is crucial for diagnosis, guiding treatment by visualizing tears and branch involvement.

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