Hoarseness as imminent symptom of aortic aneurysm rupture (Ortner's syndrome)

International Angiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-233

  Lydakis, C ^a,c   Thalassinos, E ^a   Apostolakis, S ^a   Athousakis, E ^a   Michou, E ^a   Kontopoulou, E ^b  

^a Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Aorta; Hoareseness; Ortner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; SHOCK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC RUPTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 33745892361     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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