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Transesophageal echocardiography for diagnosing aortic injury: a case report and summary of current imaging
L G Fernandez1, K Y Lain, R N Messersmith
1Department of Surgery, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois.
The Journal of Trauma
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
Early diagnosis and rapid treatment of lethal aortic injuries associated with blunt trauma remain a challenge for trauma surgeons. The following case demonstrates the use of transesophageal echocardiography for definitive diagnosis of an aortic injury from blunt trauma. A summary of current diagnostic modalities is also presented.