[Acute dissection of the ascending aorta diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography].
The authors present a case of acute dissection of ascending aorta diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. Echocardiographic findings were subsequently confirmed by angiography. The patient was successfully operated and has been asymptomatic since the operation. The authors point out the importance the echocardiographic examination in case of any clinical suspicion. The authors have not found any previous report on the echocardiographic diagnosis of aortic dissection in the Hungarian literature.
Marosy
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Nyárádi
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Bodor
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Porubszky
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Kétdimenziós echokardiográfiával diagnosztizált heveny aorta ascendens dissectio.