Pictorial Review
Pictorial essay: Computed tomography findings in acute aortic syndromes
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 22, No 1 | a1309 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v22i1.1309
| © 2018 Navdeep Singh
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 January 2018 | Published: 23 May 2018
Submitted: 10 January 2018 | Published: 23 May 2018
About the author(s)
Navdeep Singh, Department of Radiology, Ivy Hospital, Amritsar, IndiaPankaj Goel, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ivy Hospital, Amritsar, India
Yadwinder Singh, Department of Cardiology, Ivy Hospital, Amritsar, India
Abstract
Acute aortic emergencies are life-threatening conditions that may require urgent surgical or interventional management. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and planning of the management, and timely intervention helps in reducing mortality and morbidity.
Keywords
Aortic dissection; Intramural haematoma; Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer
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