Aortic dissection occurring during coronary angioplasty: Angiographic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 412-415

  Alfonso, Fernando ^a   Almería, Carlos ^a   Fernández Ortíz, Antonio ^a   Segovia, Javier ^a   Ferreirós, Joaquín ^a   Goicolea, Javier ^a   Hernández, Rosana ^a   Bañuelos, Camino ^a   Gil Aguado, Manuel ^a   Macaya, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary stenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031455472     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199712)42:4<412::AID-CCD16>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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