Abdominal aortic dissection with acute mesenteric ischemia in a patient with marfan syndrome

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 326-329

  Lay, Chii Shyan ^b   Yu, Cheng Ju ^b   Tyan, Yeu Sheng ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic dissection; Marfan syndrome; Mesenteric ischemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; D DIMER; HEMOGLOBIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MARFAN SYNDROME; MESENTERY DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746932784     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70267-9     Document Type: Article

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