Current management of type B aortic dissection

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 53-63

  Tran, T Paul ^a   Khoynezhad, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute aortic dissection; Aorta; Diagnosis; Management; Review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; D DIMER; DILTIAZEM; ELASTIN; ESMOLOL; LABETALOL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NICARDIPINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TACHYCARDIA; TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67449083625     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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