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Traumatic or septic aortic regurgitation: diagnosis by oesophageal echocardiography
Author(s) -
HABRE W. N.,
GESSEL E. F.,
MAMIE CH.,
CANTIENI R.,
SUTER P. M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1994.tb03961.x
Subject(s) - medicine , regurgitation (circulation) , blunt , endocarditis , ascending aorta , cardiology , differential diagnosis , aortic valve , radiology , aorta , thoracic aorta , pathology
Severe aortic regurgitation was discovered in a young man 21 days after blunt chest trauma and after a prolonged febrile state with positive blood cultures. Using transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE), it was possible to make the differential diagnosis between traumatic rupture and endocarditis as the cause of valvular insufficiency. The use of TEE in the initial evaluation of severe thoracic trauma with an unclear clinical picture is recommended. This method is easy to use at the bedside and gives precise information on the aortic valve and the ascending aorta.