Management of Intramural Hematoma of the Ascending Aorta and Aortic Arch: The Risks of Limited Surgery

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-327

  Saborio, David V ^a   Sadeghi, Alireza ^a   Burack, Joshua H ^a   Lowery, Robert C ^a   Genovesi, Mark H ^a   Brevetti, Gregory R ^a,b  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, dissecting complications surgery; Aortic aneurysm; Blood vessel prosthesis; Hematoma complications surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH DISSECTION; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; AORTIC ARCH HEMATOMA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRON IMPLANT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROFOUND INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; REOPERATION; THORACIC AORTIC INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0344629687     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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