Kommerell's diverticulum: A potential cause for false diagnosis of aortic disruption by transesophageal echocardiography

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 220-222

  Swenson, Jeffrey D ^a   Lu, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC RUPTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIVERTICULUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031017014     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199701000-00041     Document Type: Article

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