Fatal hemopericardium caused by retrograde acute abdominal aortic dissection: An autopsy report and morphological consideration

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-255

  Chiba, Takashi ^a   Nishida, Naoki ^a   Ohtani, Maki ^a   Suzuki, Ichiro ^b   Yoshioka, Naofumi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Akita Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal aortic dissection; Fibrous degenerative atheromatous plaque; Hemopericardium; Retrograde extension

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33748466117     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.07.056     Document Type: Article

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