The Use of Echocardiographic Contrast-Enhanced Rapid Diagnosis of Ruptured Aortic Dissection with Transthoracic Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1317.e5-1317.e7

  Abdulmalik, Ameen ^a   Cohen, Gerald ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUTREN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACOTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 35649000834     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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