Diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography, helical computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging for suspected thoracic aortic dissection: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1350-1356

  Shiga, Toshiya ^a   Wajima, Zen'ichiro ^b   Apfel, Christian C ^c   Inoue, Tetsuo ^b   Ohe, Yoko ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33745853532     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.13.1350     Document Type: Review

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