Segmental arterial mediolysis of varying phases affecting both the intra-abdominal and intracranial vertebral arteries: An autopsy case report

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 248-251

  Ro, Ayako ^a,b   Kageyama, Norimasa ^b   Takatsu, Akihiro ^b   Fukunaga, Tatsushige ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Autopsy; Intra abdominal artery; Intracranial vertebral artery; Segmental arterial mediolysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY DISSECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPLICATION; FATALITY; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RUPTURE; TUNICA MEDIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TUNICA MEDIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 77956927201     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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