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The aim of our study is to validate perioperative evidence of intimal entry tear in patients with IMH and to suggest that this entity may represent a part of a disease and not a separate disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Presentation of cases:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We report two patients admitted to our institution with sudden onset thoracic pain. A CT scan showed an aneurysm of the ascending aorta complicated by type A IMH. The patients underwent open operation. Surgical set-up has included right axillary artery as arterial inflow, no cross-clamp before hypothermic circulatory arrest and Kazui protocol for selective antegrade cerebral perfusion. We found no evidence of intimal flap, but we identified an intimal tear in both patients. A hemiarch procedure associated with root replacement, using two-grafts techniques was performed in both cases. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patients were discharged home.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Recent data are emerging from the radiologic literature about the evidence of intimal lesions in IMH, but surgical reports are scant. The evidence of intimal tears contributes to consider as questionable the etiological role of vasa vasorum and it may justify updates in the management.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We consider that IMH may represent a part of a disease (aortic dissection), depicted by radiological images in a specific single instant of its clinical evolution.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Highlights<\/jats:title>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijscr.2017.12.018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,12,12]],"date-time":"2017-12-12T19:08:07Z","timestamp":1513105687000},"page":"179-181","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Evidence of intimal tear in type A intramural hematoma of the aorta"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Gianfranco","family":"Filippone","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Caruana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claudia","family":"Calia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Violetta","family":"Moscaritolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vincenzo","family":"Argano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-42-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"347","DOI":"10.1148\/radiology.168.2.3393653","article-title":"Aortic dissection without intimal rupture: diagnosis with MR imaging and CT","volume":"168","author":"Yamada","year":"1988","journal-title":"Radiology"},{"key":"R2-42-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"619","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-5223(97)70052-7","article-title":"Transesophageal echocardiographic and clinical features of aortic intramural hematoma","volume":"114","author":"Harris","year":"1997","journal-title":"J. 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