Symptoms plus family history trump size in thoracic aortic aneurysm

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1098-1100

  Elefteriades, John A ^a   Tranquilli, Maryann ^b   Darr, Umer ^b   Cardon, James ^b   Zhu, B Q ^b   Barrett, Peter ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 23944463946     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.130     Document Type: Article

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