Diagnostic performance of emergency transthoracic focus cardiac ultrasound in suspected acute type A aortic dissection

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 665-670

  Nazerian, Peiman ^a   Vanni, Simone ^a   Castelli, Matteo ^a   Morello, Fulvio ^b   Tozzetti, Camilla ^a   Zagli, Giovanni ^a   Giannazzo, Giuseppe ^a   Vergara, Ruben ^a   Grifoni, Stefano ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Aortic syndrome; Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84942242739     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-014-1080-9     Document Type: Article

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