Aortic dissection. 3D computed tomography (CT) scan of a 67-year-old man with an aortic dissection. The aorta,the body's main artery,is running vertically down centre (red). The heart has been removed from this image. A dissecting aorta is a type of aneurysm where the layers of the wall of the artery have split (dissected,seen most clearly at centre). The aorta is also affected by atherosclerosis,a narrowing (stenosis) caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits (atheroma,white areas) in the artery | |
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