Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of aortic dissection in a cocaine abuser

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 595-596

  Divakaran, Vijay ^a   Mungee, Sudhir ^a   Salciccioli, Louis ^a   Clark, Luther T ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Cocaine; Echocardiography; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 36549081863     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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