Transesophageal echocardiography in acute aortic transection.
Confirming the diagnosis of acute transection of the descending aorta can be problematic. Unnecessary patient movement and time delay are often associated with conventional investigations. We describe a patient in whom such an injury was clearly and quickly defined at the bedside by transesophageal echocardiography.
Galvin
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Black
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Lee
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Horton
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D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male