Chronic Dissecting Aneurysm of the Aorta Resembling Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease

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Abstract
THE incidence of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta is higher than is usually realized, since it is found at about 1 of 500 autopsies.1 With increased accuracy in diagnosis more cases of acute dissection of the aorta are being recognized before death. In Baer and Goldburgh's2 series of 44 cases, 11 were diagnosed ante mortem.When the characteristic clinical picture of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta occurs, with the development of aortic systolic or aortic diastolic murmurs with a short period of survival, the diagnosis is more obvious than when the patient survives the acute phase and then develops a . . .