title: Transesophageal echocardiographic examination of a patient with traumatic aortic transection from blunt chest trauma: a case report.
abstract: Traumatic aortic disruption is an injury associated with high mortality. Early recognition, diagnosis, and surgical repair are important in order to salvage patients with this injury. We report a case in which transesophageal echocardiography, a rapid, minimally invasive diagnostic technique, was used to identify an acute disruption of the proximal descending aorta in a patient with blunt chest trauma.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Cmolik
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Diamond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*