Baylor College of Medicine4 年
Ascending and Arch Aortic Aneurysms and Dissection
A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another ...
Baylor College of Medicine4 年
Ascending and Arch Aortic Aneurysms and Dissection
A CT scan provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is ...
Tribune Content Agency on MSN2 个月
The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts: Who needs screening for an aortic aneurysm
A heart ultrasound (echocardiogram) or CT scan can be used to screen for ... or who has experienced a rupture of an aneurysm ...
来自MSN1 个月
Mother died after nurses missed signs she had a fatal bleed
Whilst there was a missed opportunity to detect the unidentified Aortic Dissection by undertaking a CT scan, it cannot be said on balance of probabilities that this would have prevented death ...
BBC10 个月
Bristol mum with heart condition died after NHS 'neglect'
She was diagnosed with aortic dissection from a CT scan and told she needed emergency heart surgery. It took six hours to get her to the operating table, in addition to the ten hours before when ...