Stanford type A aortic dissection which ruptured into the left atrium: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-116

  Matsumoto, Kazuhisa ^a   Yamashita, Masahumi ^b   Toyohira, Hitoshi ^b   Nakamura, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Fistula; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0346035906     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950300024     Document Type: Article

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