Magnetic resonance imaging is useful
| Autor: | S A Livesey, B C Ogilvie, D J Delany, I A Simpson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Engineering Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Dissection (medical) Transoesophageal echocardiography medicine.disease Acute dissection medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Radiology business General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | BMJ. 310:875-875 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.310.6983.875a |
| Popis: | EDITOR,—We take issue with Adrian P Banning and colleagues' opinion that transoesophageal echocardiography is the investigation of choice in acute dissection of the thoracic aorta.1 We agree that early and accurate diagnosis is essential if patients are to be offered the benefits of surgery for a type A dissection. To this end patients should be transferred rapidly to a regional cardiothoracic unit, where a … |
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