Histological analysis of aortic dissections following previous cardiovascular surgery

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-205

  Luk, Adriana ^a   Leong, Shaun ^a   Soor, Gursharan ^a   Borger, Michael ^a,b,c   Butany, Jagdish ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Cardiovascular surgery; Coronary artery bypass graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 47149103881     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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