TY - JOUR
T1 - The Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Dissection by Noninvasive Imaging Procedures
AU - Hartnell, George
AU - Costello, Philip
AU - Goldstein, Steven A.
AU - Lindsay, Joseph
AU - Vasan, Ramachandran
AU - Nienaber, Christoph A.
AU - Spielmann, Rolf P.
AU - Cigarroa, Joaquin E.
AU - Eagle, Kim A.
AU - Isselbacher, Eric M.
PY - 1993/6/3
Y1 - 1993/6/3
N2 - To the Editor: The paper by Nienaber et al.1 and the review article by Cigarroa et al.2 (Jan. 7 issue) on diagnosing thoracic aortic dissection demonstrate the problems of evaluating rapidly developing imaging techniques. Progress in computed tomographic (CT) scanning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is so rapid that the results of studies carried out over a five-year period1 or reported in the late 1970s and 1980s do not reflect the best current standards of clinical imaging. The CT technique used by Nienaber et al.1 was satisfactory for the older scanner (Somatom II) used in their study but not for…
AB - To the Editor: The paper by Nienaber et al.1 and the review article by Cigarroa et al.2 (Jan. 7 issue) on diagnosing thoracic aortic dissection demonstrate the problems of evaluating rapidly developing imaging techniques. Progress in computed tomographic (CT) scanning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is so rapid that the results of studies carried out over a five-year period1 or reported in the late 1970s and 1980s do not reflect the best current standards of clinical imaging. The CT technique used by Nienaber et al.1 was satisfactory for the older scanner (Somatom II) used in their study but not for…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199306033282213
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199306033282213
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8487807
AN - SCOPUS:0027225304
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 328
SP - 1637
EP - 1638
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 22
ER -