The following table or figure may be downloaded to PowerPoint for personal use in teaching and presentations. This feature is available to all subscribers to the journal.

You MUST read and follow the guidelines at Request to Reproduce AJR Content if you are distributing or using AJR content beyond academic use (limited distribution, non-revenue producing, or educational purposes).

(Downloading may take up to 30 seconds.
If the slide opens in your browser, select File -> Save As to save it.)
Click on image to view larger version.

Fig. 2A. —63-year-old woman with severe chest and back pain from acute type A dissection resulting in death 2 days later. Axial enhanced CT scan at level of ascending aorta shows type A dissection with discontinuous dissection flap (arrows) pointing to false lumen (F). T = true lumen, S = superior vena cava.