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. 1990;17(4):271–278.

Optimal Diagnostic Imaging of Aortic Dissection

Christopher RH Wilbers 1,2, Clark L Carrol 1,2, Mark A Hnilica 1,2
PMCID: PMC324936  PMID: 15227519

Abstract

Without prompt diagnosis and treatment, aortic dissection is rapidly fatal. While standard chest radiography may give clues to the diagnosis of aortic dissection, suspected dissection can be confirmed by only 4 imaging techniques: aortography, echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. The following review discusses each of these methods. It also explains why aortography, the previous diagnostic benchmark, has been replaced by newer techniques and why magnetic resonance imaging has become the diagnostic method of choice for imaging aortic dissection. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1990;17:271-8)

Keywords: Aortic aneurysm/aneurysm, dissecting

Keywords: aortography

Keywords: diagnostic imaging

Keywords: diagnosis, cardiovascular

Keywords: echocardiography

Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging

Keywords: nuclear magnetic resonance

Keywords: thorax/radiography

Keywords: tomography, x-ray computed

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