TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR DIAGNOSING AORTIC INJURY - A CASE-REPORT AND SUMMARY OF CURRENT IMAGING TECHNIQUES

Authors
FERNANDEZ LG LAIN KY MESSERSMITH RN JAIRAM S GORDON RT SHAH MR ROETTGER RH NORWOOD SH
Citation
Lg. Fernandez et al., TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR DIAGNOSING AORTIC INJURY - A CASE-REPORT AND SUMMARY OF CURRENT IMAGING TECHNIQUES, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 36(6), 1994, pp. 877-880
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
877 - 880
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Early diagnosis and rapid treatment of lethal aortic injuries associat ed with blunt trauma remain a challenge for trauma surgeons. The follo wing 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.