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European Radiology
Published in: European Radiology 8/2010

01-08-2010 | Cardiac

A case report of a normal aorta misdiagnosed as type A dissection by modern multidetector computed tomography

Authors: M. C. K. Hamilton, A. K. Nightingale, S. Masey, A. G. Stuart, G. Angelini, R. Hopkins, G. McGann

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 8/2010

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Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) is generally considered the investigation of choice to exclude acute aortic syndrome. We report an important potentially disastrous misdiagnosis using a modern 32 slice multidetector CT system.
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Metadata
Title
A case report of a normal aorta misdiagnosed as type A dissection by modern multidetector computed tomography
Authors
M. C. K. Hamilton
A. K. Nightingale
S. Masey
A. G. Stuart
G. Angelini
R. Hopkins
G. McGann
Publication date
01-08-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Radiology / Issue 8/2010
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-010-1748-0

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