Acute aortic dissection detected by contrast echocardiography.
We describe the case of a man with acute aortic dissection detected by contrast transthoracic echocardiography. Conventional echocardiography was not contributory. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the usefulness of contrast echocardiography in ascending aortic dissection at bedside.
Mansencal
Nicolas
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Department of Cardiology, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (UVSQ), University Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne, France. nicolas.mansencal@apr.aphp.fr
Belliard
Guillaume
G
Binsse
Stephen
S
Vieillard-Baron
Antoine
A
Dubourg
Olivier
O
D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed