The Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Chest Trauma

Local Thrombus as an Isolated Sign of Traumatic Aortic Injury

“…As far as we know, there are few reports of aortic thrombus as a result of blunt chest trauma, 6,9 but in terms of thrombus as the sole manifestation of the aortic injury, as in our patient, Goarin et al reported one case (with a brief description) among 28 patients with aortic trauma. The diagnosis was made by TEE and con rmed by MRI.…”

Aortic Complications of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Diagnostic and Management Dilemma

“…TEE is superior to TTE at visualizing the posterior cardiac structures and can also better define the aortic arch. 13 Studies of trauma patients have shown that it is safe in the acute assessment of the critically ill. 14 Angiography is rarely used as a primary investigation but may provide a therapeutic endovascular option, which is discussed later. Positron emission tomography (PET) with fludeoxyglucose ( 18 F) ( 18 F-FDG) has also been used for the diagnosis and follow-up of GCA.…”