Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection: Rationale for a Conservative Approach in Selected Patients: A Case Report

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 641-648

  Wain, Reese A ^a,c   Kwei, Stephanie ^a   Lyon, Ross T ^a   Berdejo, George L ^a   Stampfer, Morris ^b   Veith, Frank J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MALE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032713937     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449903300609     Document Type: Article

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