Abstract
Aortic dissection is caused by an intimai tear (entry) of various location and extension. The media as a result is divided lengthwise with development of two channels: the false channel burrowing into the media and the original intima-lined true channel. The most commonly used classification system is the one proposed by the Stanford group [1]: dissections with extension to the ascending part of the aorta (type A) are distinguished from those involving only the descending part (type B). Spiral computed tomography (CT) allows continuous acquisition of data from a large scan volume [2] and has proved to be an ideal diagnostic tool for imaging the aorta and its large branching arteries [4].
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Koehler, A., Prokop, M., Heinemann, M., Galanski, M. (1994). Acute and Chronic Aortic Dissections: Evaluation with Spiral CT Angiography. In: Pokieser, H., Lechner, G. (eds) Advances in CT III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79116-1_4
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