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1 From the Departments of Radiology and Surgery, Georgetown University Medical center, Washington, D.C.
Retrograde femoral aortography is the definitive diagnostic method of choice for dissecting aneurysms of the aorta.
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Sites of intimal tear and re-entry may be clearly demonstrated.
Injections into both true and false lumens may be made.
Our investigations with this method in a large series of cases have been without serious complications.
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J. E. Cigarroa, E. M. Isselbacher, R. W. DeSanctis, and K. A. Eagle Diagnostic Imaging in the Evaluation of Suspected Aortic Dissection -- Old Standards and New Directions N. Engl. J. Med., January 7, 1993; 328(1): 35 - 43. [Full Text] |
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