Expanding the differential diagnosis of hemoptysis: Mycotic aortic aneurysms

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-183

  Kirkpatrick, James N ^a   Ring, Melinda ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysmal rupture; Aortobronchial fistulas; Bacterial organisms; Hemoptysis; Mycotic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; METICILLIN; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0042829149     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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