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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Comparison of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography and contrast-enhanced helical CT in the diagnosis of blunt traumatic cardiovascular injuries.
Anesthesiology 2001 April
BACKGROUND: Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and helical computed tomography (CT) of the chest have been validated separately against aortography for the diagnosis of acute traumatic aortic injuries (ATAI). However, their respective diagnostic accuracy in identifying blunt traumatic cardiovascular lesions has not been compared.
METHODS: During a 3-yr period, 110 consecutive patients with severe blunt chest trauma (age: 41 +/- 17 yr; injury severity score: 34 +/- 14) prospectively underwent TEE and chest CT as part of their initial evaluation. Results of both imaging methods were interpreted independently by experienced investigators and subsequently compared. All cases of subadventitial acute traumatic aortic injury were surgically confirmed.
RESULTS: Seventeen patients had vascular injury and 11 had cardiac lesions. TEE and CT identified all subadventitial disruptions involving the aortic isthmus (n = 10) or the ascending aorta (n = 1) that necessitated surgical repair. In contrast, CT only depicted one disruption of the innominate artery. TEE detected injuries involving the intimal or medial layer, or both, of the aortic isthmus in four patients with apparently normal CT results who underwent successful conservative treatment. All cardiac injuries but two were identified only by TEE.
CONCLUSIONS: In patients with severe blunt chest trauma, TEE and CT have similar diagnostic accuracy for the identification of surgical acute traumatic aortic injuy. TEE also allows the diagnosis of associated cardiac injuries and is more sensitive than CT for the identification of intimal or medial lesions of the thoracic aorta.
METHODS: During a 3-yr period, 110 consecutive patients with severe blunt chest trauma (age: 41 +/- 17 yr; injury severity score: 34 +/- 14) prospectively underwent TEE and chest CT as part of their initial evaluation. Results of both imaging methods were interpreted independently by experienced investigators and subsequently compared. All cases of subadventitial acute traumatic aortic injury were surgically confirmed.
RESULTS: Seventeen patients had vascular injury and 11 had cardiac lesions. TEE and CT identified all subadventitial disruptions involving the aortic isthmus (n = 10) or the ascending aorta (n = 1) that necessitated surgical repair. In contrast, CT only depicted one disruption of the innominate artery. TEE detected injuries involving the intimal or medial layer, or both, of the aortic isthmus in four patients with apparently normal CT results who underwent successful conservative treatment. All cardiac injuries but two were identified only by TEE.
CONCLUSIONS: In patients with severe blunt chest trauma, TEE and CT have similar diagnostic accuracy for the identification of surgical acute traumatic aortic injuy. TEE also allows the diagnosis of associated cardiac injuries and is more sensitive than CT for the identification of intimal or medial lesions of the thoracic aorta.
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