Effectiveness of intensive medical therapy in type B aortic dissection: A single-center experience

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1114-1119

  Tefera, Girma ^a   Acher, Charles W ^a   Hoch, John R ^a   Mell, Mathew ^a   Turnipseed, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34249303815     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.01.065     Document Type: Article

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