PART 10: Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
SECTION 5 Vascular Disease
248 Diseases of the Aorta
 | Figure 248-1 A chest x-ray of a patient with a thoracic aortic aneurysm. |
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 | Figure 248-2 An aortogram demonstrating a large fusiform aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. |
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 | Figure 248-3 A computed tomographic angiogram (CTA) depicting a fusiform abdominal aortic aneurysm that has been treated with a bifurcated stent graft. |
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 | Figure 248-4 Classification of aortic dissections. Stanford classification: Type A dissections (top panels) involve the ascending aorta independent of site of tear and distal extension; type B dissections (bottom panels) involve transverse and/or... |
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