Acute aortic dissection presenting as a neurologic disorder

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-29

  Kawarabuki, Kentaro ^a   Sakakibara, Takehiko ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^a   Shirasu, Morio ^a   Kohara, Ichiro ^a   Tanaka, Hideo ^b   Oyamada, Masahito ^b   Takamatsu, Tetsuro ^b   Murayama, Yuichiro ^c   Yamaki, Tarumi ^a  

^a Kyoto Kujo Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO FIRST RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute aortic dissection; Acute stage stroke; Neurologic disorder; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 30644479308     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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