Aortic dissection during pregnancy: A difficult clinical scenario

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 576-584

  Yuan, Shi Min ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA WALL; APGAR SCORE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MARFAN SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885480067     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22165     Document Type: Review

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