Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis complicating acute aortic dissection during medical treatment

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 477-480

  Morimoto, Satoshi ^a   Izumi, Takehiko ^a   Sakurai, Toshiyuki ^a   Komukai, Kimiaki ^a   Kawai, Makoto ^a   Yagi, Hidenori ^a   Hongo, Kenichi ^a   Shibata, Takahiro ^a   Mochizuki, Seibu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute aortic dissection; Deep vein thrombus; Inferior vena caval filter; Medical treatment; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; NITROGEN; TECHNETIUM 99M; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN III COMPLEX; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACKACHE; BED REST; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34247351274     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6215     Document Type: Article

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