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Case Reports
. 2017 Nov 3;1(4):448-449.
doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2017.9.35658. eCollection 2017 Nov.

Aortic Pseudo-dissection

Karl Huesgen  1 , Sarah Gul  1 , Candice Norman  1
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Case Reports

Aortic Pseudo-dissection

Karl Huesgen et al. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. .
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Conflicts of Interest: By the CPC-EM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. The authors disclosed none.

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Motion artifact suggesting luminal flap of aortic dissection (arrow).
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