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An Approach to Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Evaluation of the Abdominal Aorta
Published on: September 8, 2023
Real-time imaging of dissection of the ascending aorta
Stefano Gasperini1, Valerio Zacà, Sergio Mondillo
1Department of Cardiology, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 72-year-old woman referred for evaluation of a chest and back pain in whom we documented the dramatic progression from intramural hematoma to dissection of the ascending aorta with cardiac tamponade.

