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case_images: Chest X-ray showing widened mediastinum.
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case_images: A chest X-ray was performed which showed a dilated cardiac shadow and widened aortic root (Figure 1).
case_images: Contrast-enhanced CT showing aortic dissection.. A: false lumen; B: true lumen; red arrow: the intimal flap; CT: computed tomography.
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case_images: C, the ascending aorta was opened, and the true lumen and false lumen were identified (Figure 2). Cardioplegia was administered through the coronary ostia.
case_images: Intraoperative picture depicts the false lumen (a) and the true lumen (b). A clot is inside the false lumen (arrowhead).
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case_images: The diseased part of the aorta was resected and repaired with a 26-mm Dacron aortic graft (Figure 3).