Emergency repair of incidentally diagnosed ascending aortic aneurysm immediately after Caesarean section

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 343-345

  Ecknauer, E ^a   Schmidlin, D ^a   Jenni, R ^a   Schmid, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, obstetric; Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Complications, aortic aneurysm; Pregnancy; Surgery, vascular

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ESMOLOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032788412     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/83.2.343     Document Type: Article

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