title: Traumatic aortic transection.
abstract: We report three cases of patients with blunt thoracic trauma, who underwent transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) because of high index of clinical suspicion for acute traumatic aortic syndrome. TEE revealed three different locations of aortic injury one of which was not diagnosed with aortography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Athens, Greece. izisimop@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Iraklis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zissimopoulos
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsoukas
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koliandris
authors.forename: Stamatios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christakos
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*