title: Transesophageal echocardiography in acute aortic transection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Galvin
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: 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