Aortic dissection in the outer third of the media: What is the role of the vasa vasorum in the triggering process?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Osada, Hiroaki ^a   Kyogoku, Masahisa ^a   Ishidou, Motonori ^a   Morishima, Manabu ^a   Nakajima, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI KYOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic dissection; Pathology; Surgery; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA MEDIA; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTION; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM;

ADVENTITIA; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 84873665918     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs640     Document Type: Article

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