Echocardiographic Feature of Aortic Arch Pseudoaneurysm Resulting from Spontaneous Aortic Rupture
First published: 02 April 2009
Address for correspondence and reprint requests: Weidong Ren, Ph.D., Department of Cardiac Function, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University; PO Box 110001, Shenyang, China. Fax: 86-8328-2997; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
Atraumatic, spontaneous aortic rupture is a rare but potentially lethal event. In this report, we present two unusual cases of aortic arch pseudoaneurysm resulting from spontaneous aortic rupture. The appearance of aortic arch pseudoaneurysm and the rupture area was clearly visualized with echocardiography, as well as by three-dimensional reconstruction of multislice computed tomography (3DCT) images.
