Ferrera C, Vilacosta I, Cabeza B, Cobiella J, Martínez I, Saiz-Pardo Sanz M, Bustos A, Serrano FJ, Maroto L. Diagnosing Aortic Intramural Hematoma: Current Perspectives.
Vasc Health Risk Manag 2020;
16:203-213. [PMID:
32606717 PMCID:
PMC7292252 DOI:
10.2147/vhrm.s193967]
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Abstract
Aortic intramural hematoma (AIH) is an entity within the acute aortic syndrome. Combination of a priori probability, clinical history, laboratory blood test and imaging techniques are the basis for diagnosis of AIH. This review is focused on all aspects related to diagnosis of patients with AIH, from clinical to imaging and analytical.
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