Approach to the Treatment of Aortic Dissection

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 869-893

  Moon, Marc R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute dissection; Chronic dissection; Diagnosis; Endovascular treatment; Medical treatment; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENALAPRIL; ESMOLOL; LOSARTAN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DACRON IMPLANT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART ARREST; HEART MURMUR; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70349420014     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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