Long-term prognosis of acute aortic dissection with medical treatment - A survey of 263 unoperated patients

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 359-363

  Kozai, Yumiko ^a   Watanabe, Shigeru ^a   Yonezawa, Masayori ^a   Itani, Yasutaka ^a   Inoue, Toshihisa ^a   Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Masuda, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Dissection; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035012452     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.359     Document Type: Article

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