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An Approach to Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Evaluation of the Abdominal Aorta
Published on: September 8, 2023
Contrast-enhanced sonography for diagnosis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Orlando Catalano1, Roberto Lobianco, Bianca Cusati
1Department of Radiology, S. Maria delle Grazie Hospital, Via Domitiani, Pozzuoli 80078, Italy.
Objective:
We describe the contrast-specific sonography features of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, and we hypothesize that this technique would be useful for emergency imaging of patients with suspected aneurysm rupture.
Conclusion:
We used contrast-specific sonography to assess eight patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Five of these cases were correlated with CT findings. We found that contrast-enhanced sonography can reveal features specific for ruptured aortic aneurysm without causing a significant delay in surgery. This technique may be as effective as CT but may allow a more rapid and noninvasive diagnosis, especially when sonography can be performed bedside.
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