Type A aortic dissection manifesting as acute myocardial infarction: Still a lesson to learn

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-504

  Luo, Jing Ling ^a   Wu, Cho Kai ^b   Lin, Yen Hung ^c   Kao, Hsien Li ^c   Lin, Mao Shin ^c   Ho, Yi Lwun ^c   Chen, Ming Fong ^c   Chao, Chia Lun ^c,d  

^a KEELUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Aortic dissection; D dimer; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 69249156124     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.64.4.2041615     Document Type: Article

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