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  • Title: Traumatic aortic disruption: false positive diagnosis on transesophageal echocardiography.
    Author: Oxorn D, Towers M.
    Journal: J Trauma; 1995 Aug; 39(2):386-7. PubMed ID: 7674413.
    Abstract:
    A case is described in which there was a high index of suspicion for traumatic aortic disruption. Because angiography was equivocal, transesophageal echocardiography was performed, and interpreted as showing a noncircumferential aortic tear. At thoracotomy, however, no tear was seen. The false positive interpretation was caused by a crescent-shaped atherosclerotic plaque.
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