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Fig. 6C. 61-year-old man with symptoms of right hemispheric stroke who was
found to have marked blood pressure discrepancy between arms and hypertension.
Urgent CT scan (not shown) revealed type A aortic dissection. Patient went
into asystole and died 15 hr after imaging. Axial CT scan shows
hemopericardium (arrow) that was confirmed at echocardiography (not
shown) as large circumferential hyperechoic pericardial effusion with evidence
of right ventricle compression.
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