Open AccessShifting Calcium Plaque in Progressive Aortic Dissection
Author(s) -
Takashi Koyama,
Kazunori Moritani,
Masaru Shibata,
Hideo Mitamura
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.003241
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , dissection (medical) , chest pain , surgery , cardiology , aorta
An 80-year-old man with a 1-day history of chest pain was referred to our cardiology clinic. The patient’s right arm blood pressure, pulse, and temperature were found to be 81/53 mm Hg, 71 beats/min, and 37.4°C, respectively. Electrocardiography was unremarkable. Chest radiography revealed a widened mediastinum and a small amount of pleural effusion at …
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