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Torn ascending aorta missed by transesophageal echocardiography
S D Lick1, J B Zwischenberger, W J Mileski
1Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0528, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
Transesophageal echocardiography has become a commonly used screening tool for traumatic tears of the descending aorta. The role of transesophageal echocardiography for ascending aortic tears is not yet well-defined. We report an ascending aortic tear imaged by aortography but missed on transesophageal echocardiography.