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01-01-2018 | Heart Beat
Residual flow in false lumen of chronic descending aortic dissection
Authors:
M. Boulaksil, S. S. Liem, M. Akarkach, J. Timmermans
Published in:
Netherlands Heart Journal
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Issue 1/2018
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Excerpt
A 58-year-old male patient has a history of a Stanford type A aortic dissection running up to the left common iliac artery for which a composite aortic valve graft replacement was performed approximately three years ago. This time, the patient presented with fever and chills. We performed a transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), which excluded vegetations. …