[Predictors of chronic aortic events associated with uncomplicated type B aortic dissection].

Objective: Stent-graft repair may emerge as a first-line therapy for acute complicated type B dissection(C-TBD), while debate continues over thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for uncomplicated type B aortic dissection (U-TBD). Aggressive medical therapy, which confers a 1-year survival rate of 80-90%, is deemed appropriate for most of these patients. However, it is reported that aortic complications occur in ≤ 50% patients within 5 years after surgery.

Postinfarct cardiac free wall rupture detected by multidetector computed tomography.

Cardiac free wall rupture after myocardial infarction is one of the life-threatening complications, which often results in sudden onset of cardiogenic shock caused by cardiac tamponade. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) provides valuable information in any clinical setting. There have been a few case reports on detecting cardiac rupture by means of CT.