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Acute dissection of the ascending aorta may present with chest pain and haemopericardium. The following case illustrates an unusual differential diagnosis: rupture of a very large coronary artery aneurysm, diagnosed by transoesophageal echocardiography.

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DOI

10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00086-2

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

01/06/1998

Volume

65

Pages

115 - 117

Total pages

2

Keywords

Aged, Aortic Dissection, Aneurysm, Ruptured, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic, Coronary Aneurysm, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Male