Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report

We present an interesting case of a 53-year-old man with a non-patent ductus arteriosus erroneously diagnosed as acute thoracic aorta transection after a car accident. The aortography revealed a "rupture" of the linear inner curve of the aorta in the isthmus area, as well as a protrusion o...

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Autores principales: Apostolakis, Efstratios E, Baikoussis, Nikolaos G, Kalogeropoulou, Christina, Koletsis, Efstratios, Koniari, Ioanna, Karnabatidis, Dimitrios, Karanikolas, Menelaos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20380734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-24

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20380734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-24

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