Aortic dissection: To be or not to be.
Ann Card Anaesth
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2013 Apr; 16(2): 126-128
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-147242
ABSTRACT
Patients with acute aortic dissection present with such varied symptoms that diagnosis becomes difficult. Various imaging techniques like computed tomography angiography (CTA), magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography are used to diagnose this entity, but they too have their limitations. We present a case, which was falsely diagnosed as acute aortic dissection by CTA, which resulted in patient undergoing sternotomy.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Aortic Aneurysm
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Humans
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Male
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Angiography
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Acute Disease
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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Sternotomy
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Aortic Dissection
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Middle Aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Card Anaesth
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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