ABC | Volume 112, Nº2, February 2019

Anatomopathological Correlation Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(2):204-210 Favaratto & Aiello Heart failure after surgical correction of aortic dissection Figure 6 – Macroscopic aspect of the corrugated synthetic tube that replaced the ascending aorta. The aortic valve can be seen in the background (asterisk). Figure 7 – Photomicrography of the aortic wall at the level of the cavitary lesion described in the abdominal aorta. One can observe the rupture (between the arrows) of the elastic fibers (black bundles) of the tunica media, characterizing localized intramural dissection. Verhoeff staining for elastic fibers, objective magnification =5x. 209