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Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Dissection |
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| Authors: | NAVIN C. NANDA M.D. GAJENDRA K. KHATRI M.D. ADITYA K. SAMAL M.D. SAYED MOHAMMED ABD EL-RAHMAN M.D. ABHASH C. THAKUR M.D. FARRUKH JAMIL M.D. MOHAMED MOURSI M.D. ABRAHAM S. JOHN M.D. SRINIVASA R. AALURI M.D. JOAO B. de SOUSA Jr. M.D. RAMESH AGGARWAL M.D. GAMAL SHOEB M.D. MIGUEL A. ESPINAL M.D. VIRENJAN KUMAR NARAYAN M.D. |
| Affiliation: | Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |
| Abstract: | In the present study, we report our experience of using three-dimensional reconstruction of transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiographic images in the assessment of aortic dissection (22 patients), aortic rupture (1 patient), aortic aneurysm without dissection (2 patients), and aortic tumor (1 patient). |
| Keywords: | aortic dissection aortic aneurysm aortic rupture aortic leiomyosarcoma three-dimensional echocardiography transesophageal echocardiography transthoracic echocardiography |