European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 25, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(13):1342; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi266
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Type A aortic intramural haematoma vs. dissection
Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia
Università degli Studi di Milano
Policlinico MultiMedica
Milano, Italy
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Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia
Università degli Studi di Bologna
Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi
Bologna, Italy
Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia
Università degli Studi di Milano
Policlinico MultiMedica
Milano, Italy
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We read with interest the recent article by Evangelista et al.,1 regarding the 3-month history of patients with aortic intramural haematoma (IMH). The authors state that they made the diagnosis when haematoma thickness was
7 mm; however, smaller IMHs can be encountered in clinical practice. The population