Imaging Techniques for Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Atherosclerosis
Autor: | Arno P. Nierich, Arnoud W J van ‘t Hof, Wouter W. Jansen Klomp, Jan G. Grandjean, George J. Brandon Bravo Bruinsma |
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Přispěvatelé: | Faculty of Engineering Technology |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system medicine.medical_treatment IR-103658 Review Article 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Palpation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030202 anesthesiology Internal medicine medicine.artery METIS-319165 Ascending aorta medicine Thoracic aorta Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system Embolization Heart valve Aortic atherosclerosis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Cardiac surgery medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:RC666-701 RC666-701 Cardiology cardiovascular system Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business human activities |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Vascular Medicine, Vol 2016 (2016) International Journal of Vascular Medicine International journal of vascular medicine, 2016(4726094):4726094. Hindawi |
ISSN: | 2090-2832 2090-2824 |
Popis: | The most severe complications after cardiac surgery are neurological complications including stroke which is often caused by emboli merging from atherosclerosis in the ascending aorta to the brain. Information about the thoracic aorta is crucial in reducing the embolization risk for both surgical open and closed chest procedures such as transaortic heart valve implantation. Several techniques are available to screen the ascending aorta, for example, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), epiaortic ultrasound, TEE A-view method, manual palpation, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. This paper provides a description of the advantages and disadvantages of these imaging techniques. |
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