Transesophageal echocardiographic detection of thoracic aorta dissection extending into the celiac artery.
Special positioning of a transesophageal echocardiography probe allows visualization of the superior portion of the abdominal aorta including the celiac artery branch. This case report describes a thoracic aorta dissection that extended into the abdomen and involved the celiac artery.
Frazin
Lee J
LJ
Northwestern University Medical School, St Mary of Nazareth/Ressurection Health Care. Chicago, IL 60622, USA.
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed