Recognition of Ultrasound Artifact Mimicking Pulmonary Artery Dissection in Patients with Heart Disease.

Conclusion: Pulmonary artery imaging artifacts in patients with preexisting heart disease during echocardiographic examination can mimic pulmonary artery dissection. Understanding the types and origins of these ultrasound artifacts is important to avoid a false-positive diagnosis.
PMID: 31321237 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: Biomed Res - December 22, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Wu W, Zhang N, Hsi DH, Niu L, Jiang Y, Wang Y, Zhu Z, Wang H Tags: Biomed Res Int Source Type: research