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. 2B. 63-year-old woman with severe chest and back pain from acute
type A dissection resulting in death 2 days later. Photograph of gross
pathology specimen from corresponding segment of ascending aorta resected at
surgery shows intimomedial tear (arrows) erupting from true (T) into
false (F) lumen. Arrowheads mark adventitia.