title: New echo-anatomical correlations in aortic dissection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Servicio de Cardiología y Anatomia Patológica, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vilacosta
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: San Román
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rollán
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aragoncillo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Harguindey
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans