Figure 031_7563. Multislice computed tomography (CT) in a patient with acute ascending aortic dissection: A , pericardial effusion (white arrow) and pleural effusion (red arrows); B , dissected ascending aorta (the arrow marks the dissection flap). Figure courtesy of Dr Jerzy Walecki . - McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine

Figure 031_7563.
Multislice computed tomography (CT) in a patient with acute ascending aortic dissection: A, pericardial effusion (white arrow) and pleural effusion (red arrows); B, dissected ascending aorta (the arrow marks the dissection flap). Figure courtesy of Dr Jerzy Walecki.

Figure 031_7563. Multislice computed tomography (CT) in a patient with acute ascending aortic dissection: A , pericardial effusion (white arrow) and pleural effusion (red arrows); B , dissected ascending aorta (the arrow marks the dissection flap). Figure courtesy of Dr Jerzy Walecki .