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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:689
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Acute type B dissection with involvement of an aberrant right subclavian artery: An unusual presentation and a diagnostic challenge

Jayesh Dhareshwar, MD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD*, Eyal E. Porat, MD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD, Hazim J. Safi, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Tex.

Received for publication April 5, 2006; accepted for publication April 20, 2006.

* Address for reprints: Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, 6410 Fannin Street, Suite 450, Houston, TX 77030 (Email: Anthony.l.estrera@uth.tmc.edu).

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A 49-year-old hypertensive man was transferred to our institute with symptoms of acute-onset chest pain and hypotension, and computed tomography scan findings of an acute aortic dissection. On detailed review of the computed tomography scan images, the diagnosis was made of a type B aortic dissection with an intimal flap extending into . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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