July 1, 1998Journal of Cardiac Surgery
Transesophageal Echocardiography for Ascending Aortic Dissection: Is It Enough for Surgical Intervention?
Why the study?
Is transesophageal echocardiography sufficient for surgical decision-making in suspected ascending aortic dissection?
Population
2 clinical cases of suspected ascending aortic dissection
Design
Case_report
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
False-positive TEE findings may warrant confirmatory imaging before surgery in equivocal cases; case reports leave open TEE sufficiency for ascending aortic dissection decisions.
Structured PICO
Is transesophageal echocardiography sufficient for surgical decision-making in suspected ascending aortic dissection?
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Population
2 clinical cases of suspected ascending aortic dissection
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Intervention
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
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Outcome
False-positive diagnosis of ascending aortic dissectionsurrogate
TEE can yield false-positive diagnoses for ascending aortic dissection, highlighting the need for confirmatory imaging in 'probable' rather than 'definite' cases.
Cite This Study
Chu et al. (1998) studied this question.