Acute ascending aortic dissection during pregnancy

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 430-433

  Scott, Christine ^a   Burruss, Nancy ^b   Kalimi, Robert ^a   Manetta, Frank ^a   Palazzo, Robert S ^a,c   Graver, L Michael ^a,c  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Bellin College of Nursing   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0035513756     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2001.10.6.430     Document Type: Article

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