Angiographic Findings in Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm

Abstract

RECENT advances in the surgical treatment of dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta, based on resection and graft replacement of a segment of aorta including the intimal tear, have made preoperative identification of the site of the tear an extremely important part of the evaluation of patients with this disease.^{1 , 2} The purpose of this paper is to discuss the roentgenologic findings in dissecting aneurysm, with particular reference to recognition of the intimal tear.MaterialDuring the four-year period between October, 1961, and September, 1965, 24 patients with aortic dissection demonstrated angiographically have been seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The . . .