Sudden death due to aortic rupture in acromegaly

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-74

  Maffei, Pietro ^a   Menegazzo, Carla ^a   Michelotto, Mauro ^a   Salmaso, Roberto ^a   Martini, Chiara ^a   De Carlo, Eugenio ^a   Carli, Marta ^a   Barban, Martina ^a   Fassina, Ambrogio ^a   Vettor, Roberto ^a   Sicolo, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Aortic rupture; Pulmonary abscess; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE ABSCESS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; NECROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RESUSCITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID ADENOMA;

ACROMEGALY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39449101103     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-007-1012-y     Document Type: Article

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