Crack-cocaine-associated aortic dissection in early pregnancy - A case report

Angiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-168

  Madu, Ernest C ^a,d   Shala, Bashar ^b   Baugh, Dainia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates   (United States)

^d Health First   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0033052803     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979905000212     Document Type: Article

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