Aortic dissection due to sildenafil abuse

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-143

  Tiryakioglu, Selma Kenar ^a   Tiryakioglu, Osman ^b   Turan, Tamer ^a   Kumbay, Ethem ^a  

^a Bursa Acibadem Hospital   (Turkey)

^b BURSA YUKSEK IHTISAS TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; AORTOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SULFONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67650173008     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.205849     Document Type: Article

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