The role of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of acute type A aortic syndrome

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-118

  Cecconi, Moreno ^a   Chirillo, Fabio ^b   Costantini, Carlo ^a   Iacobone, Gianfranco ^a   Lopez, Ercole ^a   Zanoli, Raffaele ^c   Gili, Alberto ^a   Moretti, Stefano ^a   Manfrin, Marcello ^a   Münch, Christopher ^a   Torracca, Lucia ^a   Perna, Gian Piero ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b CA FONCELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC SYNDROME; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 83555168157     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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