Acute aortic dissection associated with left ventricular dysfunction in a postpartum and normotensive young woman

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 331-333

  Hsieh, Tung Han ^a   Chao, Ting Hsing ^a   Chang, Chih Jan ^b   Chen, Jyh Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Aneurysm, dissecting; Aortic aneurysm; Ventricular dysfunction, left

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALAISE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0141762609     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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