PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mehdi Razavi TI - Acute dissection of the aorta: options for diagnostic imaging DP - 1995 Nov 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 360--365 VI - 62 IP - 6 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/6/360.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/6/360.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1995 Nov 01; 62 AB - 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.