Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and hospital outcome of patients with documented aortic dissection: The Albany Medical Center experience, 1986 to 1996

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 154-161

  Torossov, Mikhail ^b   Singh, Amar ^b   Fein, Steven A ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032952637     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70471-0     Document Type: Article

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