Intramural haematoma of the thoracic aorta: who's to be alerted the cardiologist or the cardiac surgeon?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>This review article is written so as to present the pathophysiology, the symptomatology and the ways of diagnosis and treatment of a rather rare aortic disease called Intra-Mural Haematoma (IMH). Intramural haematoma is a quite uncommon but potentially lethal aor...

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Main Authors: Papadopoulos Georgios S, Siminelakis Stavros N, Apostolakis Efstratios E, Baikoussis Nikolaos G, Goudevenos John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/54