Managing dissections of the thoracic aorta

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 364-380

  Wong, Daniel R ^a   Lemaire, Scott A ^a   Coselli, Joseph S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; LABETALOL; METOPROLOL; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA DISSECTION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 44649186310     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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