Acute aortic regurgitation due to spontaneous rupture of a fenestrated cusp: Report in a 65-year-old man and review of seven additional cases

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-216

  Blaszyk, Hagen ^a   Witkiewicz, Agnieszka K ^a   Edwards, William D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0032821334     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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