A case report of a normal aorta misdiagnosed as type A dissection by modern multidetector computed tomography

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M. C. K. Hamilton
A. K. Nightingale
S. Masey
A. G. Stuart
G. Angelini
R. Hopkins
G. McGann
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[1] Bristol Heart Institute,Department of Radiology
[2] Bristol Royal Infirmary,Department of Cardiology
[3] Bristol Heart Institute,Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia
[4] Bristol Royal Infirmary,Department of Cardiac Surgery
[5] Bristol Heart Institute,Department of Diagnostic Radiology
[6] Bristol Royal Infirmary,undefined
[7] Bristol Heart Institute,undefined
[8] Bristol Royal Infirmary,undefined
[9] Cheltenham Hospital,undefined
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European Radiology | 2010年 / 20卷
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Aorta; Dissection; Artefact; Multidetector CT; ECG gating;
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Computed tomography (CT) is generally considered the investigation of choice to exclude acute aortic syndrome. We report an important potentially disastrous misdiagnosis using a modern 32 slice multidetector CT system.
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页码:1856 / 1858
页数:2
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