Abdominal CT Angiography before Surgery as a Predictor of Postoperative Death in Acute Aortic Dissection

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 875-879

  Vernhet, Hélène ^a   Serfaty, Jean Michel ^a   Serhal, Mohamad ^a   McFadden, Eugene ^a   Bonnefoy, Eric ^a   Adeleine, Patrice ^a   Revel, Didier ^a   Douek, Philippe ^a  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642417982     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.4.1820875     Document Type: Article

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