Aortic dissection in pregnancy: Analysis of risk factors and outcome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 309-314

  Immer, Franz F ^a   Bansi, Anne G ^b   Immer Bansi, Alexsandra S ^b   McDougall, Jane ^b   Zehr, Kenton J ^b   Schaff, Hartzell V ^b   Carrel, Thierry P ^b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERY DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWITZERLAND; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC ARCH SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0037662129     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00169-3     Document Type: Review

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