Outcome of medically treated Stanford type B aortic dissection

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 102-105

  Iguchi, Atsushi ^a   Tabayashi, Koichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Computed tomographic imaging; Prognosis; Type B dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARDIPINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031932340     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.102     Document Type: Article

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