Type A aortic dissection associated with Dietzia maris

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 666-668

  Reyes, Guillermo ^a,b   Navarro, José Luis ^a   Gamallo, Carlos ^a   De Las Cuevas, María Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Histology; Infection

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; HEART ENZYME; TROPONIN I;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIETZIA MARIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 33749384975     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.135640     Document Type: Article

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