Aortic dissection: A dreaded disease with many faces

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Kasher, John Afshin ^a   El Bialy, Adel ^a   Balingit, Peter ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic diseases; Aortic dissection; Aortic regurgitation; Congestive heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DYSPNEA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SURGERY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4944235891     PISSN: 10742484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107424840400900309     Document Type: Review

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