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Cocaine-induced Type-A Aortic Dissection Extending to the Common Iliac Arteries

Aortic dissection is a rare and fatal complication of cocaine-induced hypertension. The injury mechanism is through shear stress that penetrates the intimal vessel layer, allowing blood flow to separate intimal and medial layers. Due to its scarcity and the paucity of related literature, our knowled...

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Autores principales: Mohamed, Mohamed A, Abraham, Rohit, Maraqa, Tareq I, Elian, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29545982
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2059

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