Spontaneous rupture of the ascending aorta: Case report and review

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 461-463

  Akashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Tayama, Keiichiro ^a   Otsuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Tobinaga, Satoru ^a   Aoyagi, Shigeaki ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Aortography; Ascending aorta; Spontaneous rupture

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 0037657958     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.461     Document Type: Article

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