Intramural haematoma should be referred to as thrombosed-type aortic dissection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 366-369

  Uchida, Keiji ^a   Imoto, Kiyotaka ^a   Karube, Norihisa ^a   Minami, Tomoyuki ^a   Cho, Tomoki ^a   Goda, Motohiko ^b   Suzuki, Shin ichi ^b   Masuda, Munetaka ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute aortic dissection; Intramural haematoma; Thrombosed type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION; INTRAMURAL HAEMATOMA; THROMBOSED TYPE;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880689448     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt040     Document Type: Article

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