Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta diagnosed by transoesophageal echocardiography.
Open Access
- 1 October 1993
- Vol. 70 (4) , 393-394
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.70.4.393
Abstract
Transoesophageal echocardiography is a safe and rapid means of obtaining anatomical and dynamic information about the descending aorta. It was used to confirm a suspected diagnosis of ruptured descending aorta.Keywords
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