E-ISSN: 2149-6048 ISSN: 2149-5807
USG in Emergency Medicine: The Importance of Suprasternal Window in Diagnosis of Aortic Disection
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Case Report
VOLUME: 9 ISSUE: 1
P: 49-51
March 2010

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

Eurasian J Emerg Med 2010;9(1):49-51
DOI: 10.4170/JAEM.2010.42714
Arif Alper Çevik 1
Nurdan Acar 1
Hamit Özçelik 1
Cüneyt Çalışır 2
1. Eskişehir Osmangazi Universitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı
2. Eskişehir Osmangazi Universitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Radyodiagnostik Anabilim Dalı
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Received Date: 21.01.2010
Accepted Date: 04.02.2010
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ABSTRACT

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.