Intramural hematoma of the aorta: Should we let down our guard?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 244-246

  Isselbacher, Eric M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA FLOW; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA WALL; AORTOGRAPHY; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTIMA; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; SYMPTOM; THICKNESS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASA VASORUM;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037101980     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01232-9     Document Type: Editorial

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