Diagnostic challenges with transesophageal echocardiography for intraoperative iatrogenic aortic dissection: Role of epiaortic ultrasound

Iatrogenic aortic dissection is a rare and serious complication of cardiac surgery with an incidence between 0.12' and 0.16'. Dissections involving an intimal flap can be detected using trans-esophageal echocardiography (TEE) with a sensitivity of 94'–100' and specificity of 77&#...

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Published in:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Main Authors: Daniel Rhoades, Sudhakar Subramani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Subjects:
antegrade cannula
aortic dissection
epi-aortic ultrasound
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2021;volume=24;issue=1;spage=83;epage=86;aulast=Rhoades

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