Emergency surgical intervention in a patient with delayed diagnosis of aortic dissection presenting with acute ischemic stroke and undergoing thrombolytic therapy

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1222-1224

  Chua, Chai Hock ^a   Lien, Li Ming ^a   Lin, Chia Hsun ^a,b   Hung, Chi Ren ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26444603748     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.06.023     Document Type: Article

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