Recurrent tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-106

  Sirvanci, Mustafa ^a,b   Onat, Levent ^a   Karaman, Kutlay ^a   Yagan, Naci ^a   Sonmez, Bingur ^a  

^a KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Husnufirat Apartmani   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCENDING AORTA; EXCISION; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOTOMY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 33645308016     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970605700115     Document Type: Article

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