Natural history and CT appearances of aortic intramural hematoma

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 791-804

  Chao, Christine P ^a   Walker, T Gregory ^a   Kalva, Sanjeeva P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VASA VASORUM;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 68549110636     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.293085122     Document Type: Article

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