Hypoplasia of the descending thoracic and abdominal aorta: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 844-848

  Terramani, Thomas T ^a,b   Salim, Ali ^a,b   Hood, Douglas B ^a,b   Rowe, Vincent L ^a,b   Weaver, Fred A ^a,b  

^a Keck School of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA; ADOLESCENT; AORTA COARCTATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036780112     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.127528     Document Type: Article

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