Management of acute aortic syndromes

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-35

  Nienaber, Christoph A ^a   Powell, Janet T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute aortic syndrome; Aortic dissection; Endovascular stent graft; Imaging; Intramural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONG-TERM CARE; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855482542     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr186     Document Type: Review

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