Aorta Angiogram, Figure 1 (IMAGE)

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Aorta Angiogram, Figure 1

Caption

This is an angiogram of the aorta in a 42-year-old woman who was in a car crash, which also caused injuries to her lungs, ribs and head. Interventional radiologists determined she had a tear of the wall of the aorta with leakage of dye (arrow).

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Image courtesy of Eric K. Hoffer, M.D.

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