The presenting chest roentgenogram in acute type A aortic dissection: A multidisciplinary study

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-10

  Gregorio, M Consuelo ^a   Baumgartner, Fritz J ^a,b   Omari, Bassam O ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; MEDIASTINUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036044929     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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