Population
21 consecutive patients with acute or chronic aortic dissection
Design
Cohort
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May aid TEE differentiation of chronic versus retrograde aortic dissection by thrombosis location; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Transesophageal echocardiography can characterize flow patterns and thrombus formation in aortic dissection, helping differentiate chronic versus retrograde dissection based on the location of false lumen thrombosis.
Roudaut et al. (1993) studied this question.
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