Ferco Berger, Robin Smithuis, Otto van Delden
From the Radiology Department of the Academical Medical Centre, Amsterdam and the Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, the Netherlands
The term Acute Aortic Syndrome (AAS) is used to describe three closely related emergency entities of the thoracic aorta: classic Aortic Dissection (AD), Intramural Hematoma (IMH) and Penetrating...
Jay P. Heiken, M.D.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
This article is based on a presentation given by Jay Heiken and adapted for the Radiology Assistant by Robin Smithuis.
Jay Heiken is professor of radiology with special interest in...
Richard Takx¹, Jan Baan¹ and Csilla Celeng²
¹University Medical Center Amsterdam, ²UMC Utrecht, the Netherlands
Severe aortic stenosis increases left ventricular afterload and workload, resulting in high mortality after symptom onset.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation or replacement...
Marilyn J. Siegel and Robin Smithuis
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA and the Rijnland Hospital in Leiderdorp, the Netherlands
This review is based on a presentation by Marilyn Siegel and was adapted and illustrated for the Radiology Assistant by Robin Smithuis.
Marilyn Siegel is specialized in pediatric...