Aortic medial elastic fiber loss in acute ascending aortic dissection

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1639-1644

  Roberts, William Clifford ^a,b   Vowels, Travis James ^a,e   Kitchens, Benjamin Lee ^f   Ko, Jong Mi ^a   Filardo, Giovanni ^c,d   Henry, Albert Carl ^b   Hamman, Baron Lloyd ^b   Matter, Gregory John ^b   Hebeler Jr , Robert Frederick ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE AORTA DISSECTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA MEDIA; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 80955155644     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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