Acute aortic syndrome: A case presentation and review of the literature

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-287

  Lissin, Lynette Wroblewski ^a   Vagelos, Randall ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute aortic syndrome; Aortic intramural hematoma; Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; CREATININE; DILTIAZEM; ESMOLOL; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; NIFEDIPINE; NITROGEN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PANCREAS ENZYME; SODIUM; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TROPONIN T; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION; IRRITABLE COLON; LEUKOCYTE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHEST PAIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 0036981208     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x02vm450cr     Document Type: Article

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