Why the study?
Does the combination of transoesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography improve the detection of aortic dissection compared to computed tomography and aortography in patients with aortic dissection?
Population
21 patients with dissection of the aorta (4 type I, 5 type II, 12 type III)
Comparison
Combination of transoesophageal and… vs Computed tomography, aortography, and findings…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Supports combined echocardiography for aortic dissection detection; leaves open validation versus CT in larger cohorts.
Does the combination of transoesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography improve the detection of aortic dissection compared to computed tomography and aortography in patients with aortic dissection?
The addition of transoesophageal to transthoracic echocardiography allows for highly accurate, bedside detection of aortic dissection, outperforming CT and aortography in this cohort.
Erbel et al. (1987) studied this question.
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