Aortic intramural hematoma: A case report of spontaneous resolution

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-226

  Zanobini, Marco ^a   Urso, Stefano ^a,b   Sprini, Delia ^a   Pellegrino, Antonio ^a   Amico, Alessio ^a   Ballo, Emerico ^a   Modica, Giuseppe Di ^a   Albiero, Renato ^a   Panci, Aldo ^a   Giarratana, Gioacchino ^a  

^a Villa Maria Eleonora Hospital   (Italy)

^b Policlinica Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta; Hematoma

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646848753     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000215278.00886.b2     Document Type: Article

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