A case of acute type B aortic dissection: Limited role of laboratory testing for the diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 360-364

  Akutsu, Koichi ^a   Matsuda, Hitoshi ^a   Sasaki, Hiroaki ^a   Minatoya, Kenji ^a   Ogino, Hitoshi ^a   Kasai, Satoshi ^a   Tamori, Yuiichi ^a   Yokoyama, Naoyuki ^a   Nonogi, Hiroshi ^a   Takeshita, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute aortic dissection; Mesenteric ischemia; Mesenteric necrosis; Surgical repair

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MESENTERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MESENTERY; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38449099219     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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