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Aortic Dissection

Aortic dissection (AD) is a form of acute aortic syndrome (AAS). This syndrome encompasses several life-threatening clinical entities with overlapping features, including acute onset of chest pain, disruption of the aortic wall media, and a need for urgent medical care…

Constrictive Pericarditis

Acknowledgment The authors acknowledge the American Society of Echocardiography for allowing us to reproduce Figs. 122.1 to 122.3 . Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a relatively rare disorder in which the stiff, poorly compliant pericardium interferes with ventricular filling, causing elevation…