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Aortic dissection: a comparative study of diagnosis with spiral CT, multiplanar transesophageal echocardiography, and MR imaging.

DOI

377

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0

References

1996

Year

Torsten Sommer, Wolfgang Fehske, N. Holzknecht, Alexander von Smekal, E. Keller, G Lutterbey, Burkhard Kreft, Christiane Kühl, Jürgen Gieseke, D. Abu-Ramadan,
Radiology

Abstract

Spinal CT and multiplanar TEE are as valuable as MR imaging in the detection of thoracic aortic dissection. In the assessment of the supraaortic branches, spiral CT is superior (P<.05).