Aortic dissection: an autopsy experience
West Indian med. j
; 39(2): 80-5, June 1990.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: med-14178
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
Aortic dissection was confirmed in 33 patients at autopsy at the University Hospital of the West Indies between 1975 and 1988. Twenty-five cases were acute and 8 chronic and the diagnosis was made antemortem in 5 cases overall. The high risk of rupture of proximal dissections involving the ascending aorta into the pericardial sac is clear, and the overriding importance of systemic hypertension is once again confirmed. An unusual finding was the higher proportion of females to males. A higher index of suspicion should permit and antemortem diagnosis and apropriate therapy in a larger proportion of patients (AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Aneurisma Aórtico
/
Dissecção Aórtica
Limite:
Adolescente
/
Adulto
/
Idoso
/
Feminino
/
Humanos
/
Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Artigo