Stopping a killer: Improving the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of acute ascending aortic dissections

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1902-1904

  Milewicz, Dianna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; D DIMER;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ASCENDING AORTA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 80155197762     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.059337     Document Type: Editorial

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