Undiagnosed Takayasu's arteritis mimicking an acute aortic dissection

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-142

  Reichman, Eric F ^a,c   Weber, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic dissection; arteritis; Takayasu's

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142693939     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.02.019     Document Type: Article

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