Aortic dissection in children and young adults: Diagnosis, patients at risk, and outcomes

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-344

  Zalzstein, Eli ^a   Hamilton, Robert ^b   Zucker, Nili ^a   Diamant, Samuel ^c   Webb, Gary ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Chest trauma; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTA ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2142663067     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951103000696     Document Type: Article

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