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| Issue : 3 | Page : 140-142 |
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Acute Type B aortic dissection with right hemothorax
Jui-Tsung Chang, Yi-Chang Lin
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jui-Tsung Chang
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, No. 325, Sec. 2, Chenggong Road, Neihu District, Taipei 114
Taiwan
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DOI: 10.4103/jmedsci.jmedsci_136_18
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Normal descending aorta is in the left thorax. Thus, ruptured type B aortic dissection more commonly presents with left hemothorax. However, there is a case of type B dissection complicated with right hemothorax.
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