Acute aortic dissection presenting as case of accidental falling with flaccidity of left lower extremity

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127.e1-127.e2

  Lin, Bao Fang ^a,b   Chen, Yi Shan ^a,b   Weng, Hsiao Fen ^a,b   Chia, Wei Tso ^a,b  

^a Hsinchu General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LEG; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 56549087082     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.051     Document Type: Article

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