Transesophageal echocardiographic Doppler findings in patients with penetrating aortic ulcers

S Atar; T Nagai; Y Birnbaum; J G Harold; H Luo; T Z Naqvi; R J Siegel

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00800-5

Transesophageal echocardiographic Doppler findings in patients with penetrating aortic ulcers

Am J Cardiol. 1999 Jan 1;83(1):133-5, A10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00800-5.

Authors

S Atar¹, T Nagai, Y Birnbaum, J G Harold, H Luo, T Z Naqvi, R J Siegel

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Non-Invasive Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.

PMID: 10073804
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00800-5

Abstract

Penetrating aortic ulcers and intramural hematomas cannot always be differentiated by transesophageal echocardiography. We suggest that color and pulsed-wave Doppler flow can be used for identifying penetrating aortic ulcers.

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Ulcer / diagnostic imaging*