title: [Role of radiology in the diagnosis of aortic dissection].
abstract: Aortic dissection requires a prompt diagnosis and must be treated without delay in order to reduce the mortality rate. Whereas aortic dissection involving the ascending aorta (type A) requires immediate surgery, aortic dissection involving the descending aorta (type B) will usually be treated conservatively. This review article reevaluates the respective efficiency of conventional and modern radiological means offered in a well equipped university hospital.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiodiagnostic, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meuli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maeder
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chapuis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schnyder
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Place de la radiologie dans le diagnostic des dissections aortiques.