Is there a relationship between weather conditions and aortic dissection?

BMC Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Repanos, Costa ^a,c   Chadha, Neil K ^b,c  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; WEATHER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 27644590936     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-5-21     Document Type: Article

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