Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of aortic dissection

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 439-468

  Patel, Pawan D ^a   Arora, Rohit R ^a  

^a North Chicago VA Medical Centre 133B   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Intramural hematoma; Penetrating atherosclerotic aortic ulcer

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; D DIMER; ELASTIN; GADOLINIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; KIDNEY FAILURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; HUMANS; ULCER;

EID: 67649410776     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944708090830     Document Type: Review

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