New echo-anatomical correlations in aortic dissection.
Acute dissection of the aorta is a life-threatening condition requiring immediate diagnosis and definitive treatment. Transoesophageal echocardiography may be considered the diagnostic procedure of choice in the assessment of patients with aortic dissection. A detailed morphological and functional study of the aorta must be obtained quickly. This report summarizes the echo-anatomical correlation of two distinct echocardiographic images of patients with aortic dissection.
Vilacosta
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Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Servicio de Cardiología y Anatomia Patológica, Madrid, Spain.
Castillo
J A
JA
San Román
J A
JA
Rollán
M J
MJ
Aragoncillo
P
P
Sánchez-Harguindey
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L
D000208:Acute Disease; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans