Acute Type B Aortic Dissection Present as Innominate Vein Compression Syndrome: A Rare Presentation
The term “innominate (brachiocephalic) vein compression syndrome” was first coined by Wurtz et al in 1989 to describe a patient who presented with “unilateral superior vena cava syndrome.” Here we report a 70-year-old male with comorbidities including hypertension, end-stage renal disease with a lef...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
2016-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Gerontology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959816000156 |