Chronic aortic dissection presenting as a prolonged febrile disease;Une cause meconnue de fievre prolongee: A propos de six cas de dissection aortique chronique

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 704-708

  Veyssier Belot, C ^a   De Gennes, C ^b   Papo, T ^b   Cacoub, P ^b   Amarenco, P ^c   Bletry O ^d   Wechsler, B ^b   Godeau, P ^b   Kieffer, E ^b   Piette, J C ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Chronic dissection; Fever

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032433067     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(98)80704-2     Document Type: Article

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