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Case Reports
. 2021 May 11;14(5):e241633.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241633.

Incidental finding of type A aortic dissection and treated with a CT scan

Ali Ijaz  1 , Syed Sadeque  2
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Case Reports

Incidental finding of type A aortic dissection and treated with a CT scan

Ali Ijaz et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cardiothoracic surgery; clinical diagnostic tests; emergency medicine; radiology (diagnostics); surgical diagnostic tests.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Non-gated CT angiogram showing apparent dissection as indicated by the arrow.
Figure 2
Figure 2
CT-gated scan with no evidence of dissection.
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