Acute aortic syndrome and blunt traumatic aortic injury: pictorial review of MDCT imaging.
Thoracic aortic emergencies have high mortality and morbidity and should be diagnosed accurately and treated promptly. Advances in treatment options have increased survival and management choices heavily depend on imaging findings. Speed, accuracy and availability have made Multi Detector Computer Tomography (MDCT) the first line modality in evaluating thoracic aortic emergencies and radiologists should be familiar with findings in these conditions. In this paper a pictorial review of the Acute Aortic Syndrome and Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury will be given.
Berger
Ferco H
FH
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Radiology, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. fhberger@gmail.com
van Lienden
Krijn P
KP
Smithuis
Robin
R
Nicolaou
Savvas
S
van Delden
Otto M
OM
D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*