A 43-year-old man presenting with severe chest pain

Chest

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e76-e79

  Blanco, Pablo ^a  

^a Hospital Dr Emilio Ferreyra   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84941642793     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-2623     Document Type: Article

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