Open Access<p>Diagnosing Aortic Intramural Hematoma: Current Perspectives</p>
Author(s) -
Carlos Ferrera,
Isidre Vilacosta,
Beatriz Cabeza,
Javier Cobiella,
Isaac Martínez,
Melchor Sáiz-Pardo Sanz,
Ana Bustos,
Francisco Javier Serrano Hernando,
Luis Maroto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s193967
Subject(s) - medicine , acute aortic syndrome , radiology , hematoma , cardiology , aorta , aortic dissection
Aortic intramural hematoma (AIH) is an entity within the acute aortic syndrome. Combination of a priori probability, clinical history, laboratory blood test and imaging techniques are the basis for diagnosis of AIH. This review is focused on all aspects related to diagnosis of patients with AIH, from clinical to imaging and analytical.