Aortocaval Fistula Complicated With Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer
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Penetrating Atherosclerotic Aortic Ulcer
A 79-year-old female presented to the emergency department complaining of two weeks of dyspnea on exertion and heart palpitations. A computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiogram was obtained to rule out pulmonary embolism, which was negative. An incidental finding of a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) of the descending aorta was reported (Figure 1). A focused bedside ultrasound of this s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Echocardiography
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1349-0222,1880-344X
DOI: 10.2303/jecho.5.88