Intramural Hematoma and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer of the Aorta

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Sundt, Thoralf M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ULCER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TECHNOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; ULCER;

AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULCER;

EID: 33846401867     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.019     Document Type: Article

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