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case_images: (a) Chest X-ray on admission day, (b) postoperative day 6.
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case_images: CRP 2 mg/dL, D-dimer 942 ng/mL, BNP 1000 pg/mL, and troponin T 0.05 ng/mL. Chest X-ray at the time of presentation showed bilateral pulmonary infiltrates (Figure 1(a)). This was likely due to pulmonary edema, as evidenced by bilateral lower lung field opacities seen on chest X-ray (Figure 1(b)).
case_images: CT scan of chest prior to admission shows aortic dissection.
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case_images: When a CT scan of the chest showed a dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta (Figure 2), the patient was transferred to our hospital and successfully underwent aortic dissection repair.
case_images: 3D reconstruction of the aorta 82 days after aortic repair.
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case_images: A follow-up 3D reconstruction of the aorta 82 days after the surgery is shown in Figure 3.
case_images: CT scan of second aortic aneurysm and dissection.
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case_images: The origins of the innominate artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery were dissected focally, and the dissection continued down into the common iliac arteries bilaterally (Figures 4 and 5).
case_images: 3D reconstruction of the second aortic dissection.
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case_images: The origins of the innominate artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery were dissected focally, and the dissection continued down into the common iliac arteries bilaterally (Figures 4 and 5).