Aortic dissection: Prompt diagnosis and emergency treatment are critical

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 685-696

  Braverman, Alan C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TIME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82155167505     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.78a.11053     Document Type: Article

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