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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2020; 08(06): 161-162
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721750
Special Feature Article

Echocardiographic Assessment of the Aorta: Tips and Pitfalls

Sarah C. Hull
1   Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Abstract

This Yale Aortic Institute lecture provides “tips and pitfalls” regarding echocardiographic assessment of the aorta.

Keywords

echocardiography - aorta - aortic imaging - aortic dissection - aortic root - ascending aorta - transthoracic echocardiography - aortic measurement - guidelines - bicuspid aortic valve


Publication History

Received: 19 May 2020

Accepted: 11 November 2020

Article published online:
24 March 2021

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