Ruptured Visceral Artery Aneurysms: A Deadly Cause of Epigastric Pain
Visceral artery aneurysms (VAA) are rare, life-threatening disease processes that often affect the celiac, superior mesenteric, or inferior mesenteric arteries and their respective branches. The splenic, hepatic, superior mesenteric, and tripod celiac arteries are most commonly affected and have hig...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2019-05-01
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Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3jj101ft |