Citation

Bloom AI, Sasson T, Rivkind AI, Pikarski A, Bar-Ziv J. Isr. J. Med. Sci. 1995; 31(5): 314-320.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Israel Journal of Medical Sciences)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7759226

Abstract

The use of intravenous contrast enhanced rapid sequence (dynamic) computerized tomography (CT) of the chest led to the successful diagnosis and treatment of traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta in three patients. Early diagnosis of this often fatal injury may result in a favorable outcome; and in the hemodynamically stable patient with multisystem injury a well-performed CT may preclude the use of more invasive techniques. When aortic disruption is suspected, dynamic rapid sequence axial CT of the chest may not only exclude but also confirm the diagnosis, in addition to accurately detecting other major intrathoracic injuries.

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