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

M C K Hamilton1, A K Nightingale, S Masey, A G Stuart, G Angelini, R Hopkins, G McGann.   

Abstract

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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Year:  2010        PMID: 20306083     DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1748-0

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur Radiol        ISSN: 0938-7994            Impact factor:   5.315


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1.  Use of multidetector computed tomography for the assessment of acute chest pain: a consensus statement of the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging and the European Society of Cardiac Radiology.

Authors:  Arthur E Stillman; Matthijs Oudkerk; Margaret Ackerman; Christoph R Becker; Pawel E Buszman; Pim J de Feyter; Udo Hoffmann; Matthew T Keadey; Riccardo Marano; Martin J Lipton; Gilbert L Raff; Gautham P Reddy; Michael R Rees; Geoffrey D Rubin; U Joseph Schoepf; Giuseppe Tarulli; Edwin J R van Beek; Lewis Wexler; Charles S White
Journal:  Eur Radiol       Date:  2007-06-05       Impact factor: 5.315

2.  Ascending aortic dissection: look again before you leap.

Authors:  Michael S Firstenberg; Juan A Crestanello; Chittoor B Sai-Sudhakar; John H Sirak; Benjamin Sun
Journal:  Ann Thorac Surg       Date:  2008-05       Impact factor: 4.330

Review 3.  Echocardiography in the emergency assessment of acute aortic syndromes.

Authors:  E Louise Meredith; Navroz D Masani
Journal:  Eur J Echocardiogr       Date:  2009-01

Review 4.  Role of computed tomography in the evaluation of acute chest pain.

Authors:  Thomas H Urbania; Michael D Hope; Shannon D Huffaker; Gautham P Reddy
Journal:  J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr       Date:  2008-12-06
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  2 in total

1.  MDCT in diagnosing acute aortic syndromes: reviewing common and less common CT findings.

Authors:  T Valente; G Rossi; F Lassandro; M Marino; G Tortora; R Muto; M Scaglione
Journal:  Radiol Med       Date:  2011-11-17       Impact factor: 3.469

2.  Recommendations for accurate CT diagnosis of suspected acute aortic syndrome (AAS)--on behalf of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (BSCI)/British Society of Cardiovascular CT (BSCCT).

Authors:  Varut Vardhanabhuti; Edward Nicol; Gareth Morgan-Hughes; Carl A Roobottom; Giles Roditi; Mark C K Hamilton; Russell K Bull; Franchesca Pugliese; Michelle C Williams; James Stirrup; Simon Padley; Andrew Taylor; L Ceri Davies; Roger Bury; Stephen Harden
Journal:  Br J Radiol       Date:  2016-02-26       Impact factor: 3.039

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