Aortic dissection: New frontiers in diagnosis and management. Part I: From etiology to diagnostic strategies

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 628-635

  Nienaber, Christoph A ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^b  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Blood pressure; Inflammation; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA WALL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; COLLAGEN; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0041571950     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000087009.16755.E4     Document Type: Review

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