Does this patient have an acute thoracic aortic dissection?

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2262-2272

  Klompas, Michael ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SURVIVAL; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036570101     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.17.2262     Document Type: Article

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