Imaging modalities in the diagnosis of acute aortic dissection

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Schneider, Manfred ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

aortic dissection; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029927022     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00889.x     Document Type: Review

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