Acute aortic dissection: The need for rapid, accurate, and readily available diagnostic strategies

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1721-1723

  Olin, Jeffrey W ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ELASTIN;

AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141919780     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000093222.33222.D2     Document Type: Editorial

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