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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Aortic dissection on noninvasive imaging Representative transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE) (panels A and B) and computed tomograms (CT) (panels C and D) of a section of the descending aorta in distal aortic dissection. Panels A and C are acute studies, while B and D are from follow-up evaluation. Both TEE and CT scan show persistence of the intimal flap forming the true lumen (TL) and a markedly dilated false lumen (FL) with the development of thrombi. From Song, JK, Kang, DH, Lim, TH, et al. Different remodeling of descending thoracic aorta after acute event in aortic intramural hemorrage versus aortic dissection. Am J Cardiol 1999; 83:937 with permission from Excerpta Medica Inc. file://www.elsevier.com/locate/jacc file://www.sciencedirect.com