Detecting acute thoracic aortic dissection in the emergency department: Time constraints and choice of the optimal diagnostic test

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 278-288

  Sarasin, F P ^a   Louis Simonet, M ^a   Gaspoz, J M ^a   Junod, A F ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029792403     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70026-4     Document Type: Article

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