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Heart 88:444 doi:10.1136/heart.88.5.444
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Unusual echocardiographic appearance of traumatic aortic dissection

  1. A Karabinis,
  2. E Rentoukas,
  3. G Lazaros,
  4. G Dounis
  1. glaz{at}globalnet.gr

    A 47 year old man was admitted to the intensive care unit of our hospital after a car accident. The patient was confused and agitated. The clinical examination revealed absence of breath sounds in the right chest side, whereas no signs of external chest injury were present. The patient had a blood pressure of 50/30 mm Hg and a heart rate of 104 beats/min. A …

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