title: [The experience of telemedicine transmitting CT image of ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm on the Internet].
abstract: The report describes our experience in establishing CT image transmission of ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm to Gifu university hospital on the Internet. In this emergent case CT image transmission to the cardiovascular surgent provided medical informations in detail, which is very useful to decide the operative method and to prepare the assist circulation devices for the operation before the patient get to the hospital by ambulance. The Internet may prove to be major vehicle for telemedicine, consulting the professionals located in remote clinical institute.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, KaizuMedical Association Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D019112:Teleradiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed