Acute dissection of the aorta: options for diagnostic imaging

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • November 1995,
  • 62
  • (6)
  • 360-365;

ABSTRACT

SUMMARY When dissection of the aorta is suspected, the physician needs to initiate medical therapy immediately, even before a final diagnosis is made. New imaging technologies are essential in making a diagnosis. In some cases, these new imaging modalities obviate the need for angiography.

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