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Fig. 4 Sagittal cine gradient-echo image of aortic dissection. Note bright signal in the cardiac chambers as well as in the fast-flowing true lumen in the descending thoracic aorta (arrow). There is relatively sluggish flow in the false lumen (L), characterized by a darker gray appearance.