J Cardiovasc Ultrasound.  2009 Sep;17(3):110-111. 10.4250/jcu.2009.17.3.110.

Unusual Aortic Dissection Mimicking Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer after Blunt Chest Trauma

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Cardiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. shinjh@ajou.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Aortic dissection; Transesophageal echocardiography; Chest blunt trauma

MeSH Terms

Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Thorax
Ulcer

Figure

  • Fig. 1 The chest CT with sagittal reconstruction. The proximal dissection (*). The distal dissection (arrow).

  • Fig. 2 Transesophageal echocardiography, color Doppler. Proximal dissection (A), distal dissection (B).

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