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Abstract
Dissection or a tear of the THORACIC AORTA. It includes aortic root dissection, ascending aortic dissection, aortic arch dissection and descending thoracic aortic dissection.
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- Dissection, Thoracic Aorta
- Thoracic Aortic Dissection
- Aorta Dissection, Thoracic
- Aortic Dissection, Thoracic
- Dissection, Thoracic Aortic
- Thoracic Aorta Dissections
- Thoracic Aortic Dissections
- Aortic Arch Dissection
- Descending Aorta Dissection
- Descending Thoracic Aortic Dissection
- Dissection, Aortic Arch
- Dissection, Descending Aorta
- Dissection, Descending Thoracic Aorta
- Aorta Dissection, Descending
- Aortic Arch Dissections
- Arch Dissection, Aortic
- Descending Aorta Dissections
- Dissections, Aortic Arch
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2023
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Previous Indexing
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic (1992-2022)
- Aortic Dissection (1979-2022)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Thoracic Aorta Dissection. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000094629. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000094629
- Thoracic Aorta Dissection. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116828311