Ascending aortic aneurysm in a man with scleroderma

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1027-1028

  Attaran, Robert R ^a,b   Guarraia, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASTHMA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE;

EID: 34250693755     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0267-5     Document Type: Article

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