Transesophageal echocardiographic examination of a patient with traumatic aortic transection from blunt chest trauma: a case report.
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.
Brooks
S W
SW
Division of General Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Cmolik
B L
BL
Young
J C
JC
Townsend
R N
RN
Diamond
D L
DL
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*