Penetrating ulcer of the thoracic aorta: Natural history, diagnostic, and prognostic profiles;Das ulkus der thorakalen aorta: Diagnostik, therapie und prognose

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 917-927

  Von Kodolitsch, Y ^a   Nienaber, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Dissection; Intramural hemorrhage; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC AORTA;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC RUPTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ULCER;

EID: 0032435495     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050248     Document Type: Review

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