... an intramural hematoma, which is a hemorrhage into the medial layer of the aortic wall without an intimal tear. Intramural he-matomas have a natural history similar to aortic dissection and ... pan-creatitis and myocardial infarction. These can be verified by electrocardiogram (ECG), a plain ab-dominal x-ray, a CT scan, ultrasound, or urogra-phy as well as by blood tests.7 .5 Management ... performing a major operation because of a sus-pected ruptured AAA in a patient who actually is suffering from an acute myocardial infarction. The only way to avoid this is to keep the AAA di-agnosis...