Surgical pathology of the ascending aorta: A clinicopathologic study of 513 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1159-1168

  Homme, James L ^a   Aubry, Marie Christine ^b   Edwards, William D ^b   Bagniewski, Stephanie M ^b   Shane Pankratz, Vernon ^b   Kral, Catherine A ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Aortitis; Cystic medial degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTITIS; ARTERITIS; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748077412     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213270.38091.69     Document Type: Article

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