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Creation of a Rodent Model of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm by Blocking Adventitial Vasa Vasorum Perfusion
Published on: November 8, 2017
[The spontaneous regression of a dissection of the descending aorta]
1Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik, Robert-Koch-Krankenhaus, Gehrden.
Abstract:
The outcome of an aortic dissection is either endothelialisation of the false lumen forming a so-called double aorta, or thrombosis of the sack leading to fibrosis. Healing of an aortic dissection, particularly if thrombosis and organisation have obliterated the dissected segment, is rare and there are only a few case reports on this finding. We report on a case where spontaneous resolution of the false lumen of Type B aortic dissection was demonstrated by serial contrast enhanced computed tomography after antihypertensive medical treatment.
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