Peripartum acute aortic dissection: A case report & review of literature

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-67

  Aziz, Fahad ^a   Penupolu, Sudheer ^a   Alok, Anshu ^a   Doddi, Sujatha ^a   Abed, Mary ^b  

^a Resident of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b Chief Department of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute aortic dissection; Peripartum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861985085     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2010.11.12     Document Type: Article

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