Is acute type A aortic dissection a true surgical emergency?

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-82

  Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Huynh, Tam T T ^a   Porat, Eyal E ^a   Miller III, Charles C ^a   Smith, Jesse J ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ESMOLOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROPRANOLOL;

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANIDE POISONING; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036279959     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/svas.2002.33093     Document Type: Article

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