Penetrating aortic ulcer can affect middle-aged patients without severe atherosclerosis, frequently involves the ascending aorta, and mimics classic aortic dissection but lacks angiographic aortic valve regurgitation.
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May aid angiographic differentiation of PAU from dissection; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Esplugas et al. (2005) studied this question.