The role of imaging in aortic dissection and related syndromes

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 406-424

  Baliga, Ragavendra R ^a   Nienaber, Christoph A ^b   Bossone, Eduardo ^c   Oh, Jae K ^d   Isselbacher, Eric M ^e   Sechtem, Udo ^f   Fattori, Rossella ^g   Raman, Subha V ^h   Eagle, Kim A ⁱ  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^g Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord   (Italy)

^h THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

acute aortic syndromes; aortic dissection; aortic intramural hematoma; aortic ulcer; cardiovascular imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84898861073     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.10.015     Document Type: Review

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