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A 78-year woman with chest pain and dyspnea. The ECG showed ST elevation in D2, D3, and AVF leads (A). Before access to the cath lab, echocardiography in the emergency room showed severe aortic root dilatation with an evident intimal flap (B). The patient as a consequence was not rushed into the cath lab but was sent to cardiac surgery department in the emergency.
