Missed acute ascending aortic dissection

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 86-88

  Sherwood, J Timothy ^a   Gill, Inderjit S ^a,b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTOGRAPHY; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034751536     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2001.tb00490.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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