The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1994 · 11 citations · 0 references
MedicineRadiologySurgeryTrauma CareUltrasonographyUltrasoundAortic ImagingAortic SurgeryEchocardiographic Hemodynamic AssessmentTransesophageal EchocardiographyTrauma SurgeryVascular TraumaIntraoperative Transesophageal EchocardiographySurgical Wound RepairTransesophageal Echocardiography GuidanceTransesophageal Echocardiography HemodynamicsTrauma Echocardiography
Transesophageal echocardiography is a safe, minimally invasive imaging modality that may be useful in the evaluation of transmediastinal gunshot wounds. In this report, we describe a hemodynamically stable patient who sustained a gunshot wound to the ascending aorta. Routine diagnostic evaluation, including aortography, failed to confirm the suspected diagnosis. Transesophageal echocardiography definitively detailed the injury to the aorta enabling definitive surgical repair.