A dissection with a difference: An unusual case of ascending aortic dissection secondary to granulontatous aortitis

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 892-893

  Crilley, J G ^a,b   Owens, W A ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HUMANS;

EID: 0032200124     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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