McIntyre R C, Moore E E, Read R R, Wiebe R L, Grover F L
Department of Surgery, Denver General Hospital, Colorado.
J Trauma. 1994 Jan;36(1):125-7. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199401000-00023.
Transesophageal echocardiography is a safe, minimally invasive imaging modality that may be useful in the evaluation of transmediastinal gunshot wounds. In this report, we describe a hemodynamically stable patient who sustained a gunshot wound to the ascending aorta. Routine diagnostic evaluation, including aortography, failed to confirm the suspected diagnosis. Transesophageal echocardiography definitively detailed the injury to the aorta enabling definitive surgical repair.
经食管超声心动图是一种安全、微创的成像方式，在评估经纵隔枪伤时可能有用。在本报告中，我们描述了一名血流动力学稳定的患者，其升主动脉遭受枪伤。包括主动脉造影在内的常规诊断评估未能证实疑似诊断。经食管超声心动图明确详细显示了主动脉损伤情况，从而得以进行确定性手术修复。
