The emerging epidemic of methamphetamine-induced aortic dissections

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 390-393

  Wako, Elizabeth ^a   LeDoux, Denise ^a   Mitsumori, Lee ^a   Aldea, Gabriel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX SURGERY; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34548446017     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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