Acute Aortic Dissection

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 779-800

  Kamalakannan, Desikan ^a   Rosman, Howard S ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^b  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSALITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 35448996517     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2007.07.002     Document Type: Review

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