THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC THORACIC AORTIC RUPTURE WITH ASSOCIATED INTRAABDOMINAL HEMORRHAGE

Authors
BRATHWAITE CEM CILLEY JM OCONNOR WH ROSS SE WEISS RL
Citation
Cem. Brathwaite et al., THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC THORACIC AORTIC RUPTURE WITH ASSOCIATED INTRAABDOMINAL HEMORRHAGE, Chest, 105(6), 1994, pp. 1899-1901
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
105
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1899 - 1901
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1994)105:6<1899:TPROTE>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Rupture of the thoracic aorta after blunt trauma, particularly when as sociated with multiple injuries, presents a major problem of resuscita tion and management. Transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography (T EE) during laparotomy played a major role in confirming the diagnosis of thoracic aortic rupture in a patient.