USG in Emergency Medicine: The Importance of Suprasternal Window in Diagnosis of Aortic Disection

Cevik A. A., ACAR N., Ozcelik H., ÇALIŞIR C.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.49-51, 2010 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4170/jaem.2010.42714
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.49-51
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aortic dissection (AD) is a vascular emergency. Diagnosis of AD by transesophageal echocardiography, computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging is well described in the literature with high sensitivity and specificity. We report a diagnosis of AD with suprasternal window evaluation during transthoracic echocardiography in a 67-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with syncope and left side weakness.