Type A aortic intramural hematoma: Clinical features and outcomes in Chinese patients

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ho, Hee Hwa ^a   Cheung, Chi Wai ^b   Jim, Man Hong ^a   Miu, Kin Man ^a   Siu, Chung Wah ^a   Lam, Yui Ming ^a   Chan, Hon Wah ^a   Lee, Wai Luen ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aorta; Hematoma; Medical therapy; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTIC INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA TYPE A; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952717459     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20481     Document Type: Article

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