Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 316-318 , March 1990

Dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm in a 22-year-old man

Received 5 June 1989 ,Accepted 31 July 1989.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 316-318 , March 1990

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