Spontaneous rupture of the ascending aorta
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J M Padró1, J M Caralps, J García
1Cardiac Surgery Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case of non-traumatic rupture of the ascending aorta in an hypertensive patient is presented. The clinical findings suggested acute aortic dissection but the typical angiographic features of this entity were not found.