Fatal aortic dissection due to a fulminant variety of isolated aortitis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 295-299

  Ryder, Hilary F ^a   Tafe, Laura J ^a   Burns, Christopher M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Arteritis; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTITIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLANK PAIN; FOOT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERESTHESIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70349135556     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181b1246d     Document Type: Article

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