Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm following acute descending thoracic aortic dissection

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 583-585

  Gugulakis, A G ^a,b   Matsagas, M I ^a   Vasdekis, S N ^a   Hadjigakis, P ^a   Papageorgiou, E ^a   Macheras, A ^a   Sechas, M N ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, dissecting; Aneurysm, ruptured; Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Aortic aneurysm, thoracic

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; THORACIC AORTA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031787942     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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