Angiosarcoma of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta Presenting with Systemic Hypertension, Anemia, and Visceral Ischemia

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 459-464

  Karamlou, Tara ^a   Li, Melissa K ^b   Williamson, W Kent ^b   Heller, Lloyd ^b   Wiest, John W ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISCERAL ISCHEMIA;

ANEMIA; AORTA, THORACIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VISCERA;

EID: 42749093934     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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