title: Definitive diagnosis of descending thoracic aortic dissection by real time/live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
abstract: We describe a patient with descending thoracic aortic dissection in whom three- dimensional transthoracic echocardiography was able to clearly visualize the dissection flap en face as a sheet of tissue, as well as demonstrate a large communication between the true and false lumen in three dimensions, enabling a definitive diagnosis of dissection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Pridhvi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yelamanchili
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Hari
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bogabathina
authors.forename: Oben
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baysan
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged