Does acute aortic dissection display seasonal variation?

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Rabus, Murat Bulent ^a   Eren, Ercan ^a   Erkanli, Korhan ^a   Alp, Mete ^a   Yakut, Cevat ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; AORTA RUPTURE; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC RUPTURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350436634     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: 15226662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20091029     Document Type: Article

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