Partial thrombosis of the false lumen in patients with acute type B aortic dissection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-359

  Tsai, Thomas T ^a,n   Evangelista, Arturo ^b   Nienaber, Christoph A ^c   Myrmel, Truls ^d   Meinhardt, Gabriel ^e   Cooper, Jeanna V ^a   Smith, Dean E ^a   Suzuki, Toru ^f   Fattori, Rossella ^g   Llovet, Alfredo ^h   Froehlich, James ^a   Hutchison, Stuart ⁱ   Distante, Alessandro ^j   Sundt, Thoralf ^k   Beckman, Joshua ^l   Januzzi Jr , James L ^m   Isselbacher, Eric M ^m   Eagle, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

ⁱ ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j CNR   (Italy)

^k MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^l BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34547172758     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa063232     Document Type: Article

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