Computed Tomography Imaging in Aortic Dissection

Emergency physicians often rely on a “triple-rule-out” computed tomography (CT) where image acquisition is timed to obtain image quality equivalent to dedicated coronary CT angiography, pulmonary CT angiography, and thoracic aorta CT angiography. This case highlights the importance of obtaining CT a...

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Autores principales: Westfall, Amanda H., Garrett, John S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019
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Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6682225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31403107
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.5.42531
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description Emergency physicians often rely on a “triple-rule-out” computed tomography (CT) where image acquisition is timed to obtain image quality equivalent to dedicated coronary CT angiography, pulmonary CT angiography, and thoracic aorta CT angiography. This case highlights the importance of obtaining CT angiography dedicated to the aorta in the setting of high clinical suspicion for aortic disease if initial CT pulmonary angiogram is negative for aortic disease.
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spelling pubmed-66822252019-08-09 Computed Tomography Imaging in Aortic Dissection Westfall, Amanda H. Garrett, John S. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine Emergency physicians often rely on a “triple-rule-out” computed tomography (CT) where image acquisition is timed to obtain image quality equivalent to dedicated coronary CT angiography, pulmonary CT angiography, and thoracic aorta CT angiography. This case highlights the importance of obtaining CT angiography dedicated to the aorta in the setting of high clinical suspicion for aortic disease if initial CT pulmonary angiogram is negative for aortic disease. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6682225/ /pubmed/31403107 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.5.42531 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Westfall et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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title_short Computed Tomography Imaging in Aortic Dissection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6682225/
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