Chang CP et al. (2008) The role of false lumen size in prediction of in-hospital complications after acute type B aortic dissection. J Am Coll Cardiol 52: 1170–1176 Mortality and morbidity from ...

During the four-year period between October, 1961, and September, 1965, 24 patients with aortic dissection demonstrated ... the contrast medium into the false lumen if retrograde catheterization ...

This “false lumen” can start in different locations and has variable propagation. The most common predisposing factor for aortic dissection is hypertension. While ascending aortic dissection ...