Acute Aortic Syndromes: Newer Developments

Authors

  • John Kokotsakis Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, “Evagelismos” General Hospital of Athens, Greece
  • John Dimitriou Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, “Evagelismos” General Hospital of Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v9i1%20Sup.661

Keywords:

aortic dissection, Aortic ulcer, aortic hematoma

Abstract

Acute aortic syndrome is a modern term that describes the acute presentation of patients with characteristic “aortic†pain caused by one of the life-threatening thoracic aortic conditions including aortic dissection, intramural hematoma and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer.

 

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Published

2014-06-02

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 Sup (2014): ATHENS CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2014

Section

ATHENS CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2014

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