Aortic Dissection at the Coronary Artery Sinus Magnetic Resonance Angiography Findings

A 48-year-old previously healthy woman was admitted with a 4-month history of acute pain between the shoulder blades, which she initially developed while performing household chores. Since the development of this pain, she also suffered from persistent complaints of claudication. Her son had a history of dissection of the thoracic aorta for which he had been treated surgically. On transesophageal ultrasound, a dissection of the ascending aorta (Stanford type A) was suspected. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA; Figure 1⇓) confirmed a Stanford …