The diagnosis of aortic dissection by emergency medicine ultrasound

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Fojtik, John P ^a   Costantino, Thomas G ^a   Dean, Anthony J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic dissection; Emergency Medicine; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COURSE EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHEST PAIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847320219     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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