title: [Spiral CT in aortic dissection].
abstract: Patients with suspected dissection of the thoracic aorta require immediate diagnostic evaluation so that urgent therapeutic interventions can begin. Two women with suspected aortic dissection and one man with abdominal aortic aneurysm underwent color-flow Doppler echocardiography and CT angiography with multiplanar reconstructions. Spiral CT showed ascending aortic dissection (type A Stanford) in two cases and descending aortic dissection (type B Stanford) in one case. It also access the visualization of the intimal flap, the extent of dissection, the size of the aorta, and the presence of pericardial fluid. CT angiography is an accurate diagnostic procedure for patients with suspected aortic dissection and possesses several advantages over other modalities such as transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and aortography.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie Générale, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Fann.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ba Diop
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Diakhate
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfidja
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ly Ba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gueye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mbengue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Badiane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed