Painless acute aortic dissection presenting as intermittent syncope

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535.e5-535.e6

  Shen, Ying Sheng ^a,b   Chen, Wei Lung ^a,b   Chen, Jiann hwa ^a,b   Wu, Yung Lung ^a,b   Kuo, Hung Yi ^a,b  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COLLAPSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 77951897377     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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