Inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta.

Künzli A; von Segesser LK; Vogt PR; Spahn DR; Schneider J; Jenni R; Turina MI

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00047-2

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Inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta.

Künzli A Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. künzli@chi.usz.ch
von Segesser LK
Vogt PR
Spahn DR
Schneider J
Jenni R
Turina MI

1998-05-16

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The Annals of thoracic surgery. - 1998

Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation

Echocardiography, Transesophageal

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English The gold standard to clarify an acute pathology of the ascending aorta is transesophageal echocardiography or contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Neither of these methods led to the correct finding in our case of an inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta. Both assessments resulted in the diagnosis of an acute dissection of the ascending aorta.

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