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Transesophageal Imaging of the Thoracic Aorta in Aortic Dissection

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Transesophageal Echocardiography

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Only the combination of rapid medical and surgical therapy can improve the prognosis of aortic dissection [1]. Therefore, it is necessary that the diagnosis be established with high accuracy. In type I and II dissection (dissection of the ascending aorta) surgical treatment and in type III dissection (dissection of the descending aorta) medical treatment are recommended [1, 2].

Presented in part at the Meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, Santiago di Campostela, Spain, 1987. Supported by the Robert Müller Stiftung. In part published in [31]

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  1. II. Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 6500, Mainz 1, Germany

    Raimund Erbel M. D. , Rüdiger Brennecke Ph. D.  & Jürgen Meyer M. D. ,  & 

  2. Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Bijoy K. Khandheria M. D.

  3. Cardiovascular Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Echocardiographic Laboratory Mayo Clinic Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, 55902, USA

    James B. Seward M. D.  & A. Jamil Tajik M. D.  & 

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European Cooperative Study Group for Echocardiography. (1989). Transesophageal Imaging of the Thoracic Aorta in Aortic Dissection. In: Erbel, R., Khandheria, B.K., Brennecke, R., Meyer, J., Seward, J.B., Tajik, A.J. (eds) Transesophageal Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74257-6_15

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