Painless limited dissection of the ascending aorta presenting with aortic valve regurgitation

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 700-701

  Rahmatullah, Syed I ^a,c   Khan, Ijaz A ^b   Nair, Vinod M ^a   Caccavo, Nicholas D ^a   Vasavada, Balendu C ^a   Sacchi, Terrence J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic diseases; Aortic regurgitation; Aortic valve replacement; Congestive heart failure; Hypotension; Painless aortic dissection; Painless dissecting aneurysm; Painless dissecting hematoma; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0032742931     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90165-1     Document Type: Article

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