European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 25, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(13):1342-1343; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi267
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Type A aortic intramural haematoma vs. dissection: reply
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The letter of Pocar et al.1 underlines important queries regarding the management of aortic intramural haematoma, which have not yet been definitively answered. Mortality in our series of 68 intramural haematoma was high (19%) in the first 3 months of evolution.2 On multivariate analysis, mortality-related variables were