Acute aortic dissection in third trimester pregnancy without risk factors

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 571-574

  Kinney Ham, Lisa ^a   Bryant Nguyen, H ^a,b   Steele, Robert ^a   Walters, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; ED ultrasound; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255178788     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.5.2257     Document Type: Article

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