Abstract
Aortic intramural hemorrhage occurs fairly frequently among patients with aortic dissection, and may not have a poor prognosis if it is Stanford type B. In patients with type A aortic dissection, cardiac tamponade should be ruled out during observation.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / mortality*
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Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
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Aortic Dissection / mortality*
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Female
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Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
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Hemorrhage / epidemiology
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Humans
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Incidence
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Male
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Prognosis
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Retrospective Studies
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Survival Rate
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed