Intramural hematoma and thoracic aortic aneurysm with syphilis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1085-1086

  Asano, Mitsuru ^a   Hiroshi, Ohtake ^a   Hanafusa, Yuji ^a   Kazuma, Hiroshi ^a   Tanji, Masahiro ^a  

^a OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33947330924     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.042     Document Type: Article

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