Air Medical Journal
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 136-139 , July 2010

Thoracic Aortic Dissection in a 38-Year-Old Man

  • Peter Tilney, DO, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Peter Tilney, DO, EMT-P, is chief resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, and associate medical director of LifeNet of New York.

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PII: S1067-991X(10)00123-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2010.04.005

Air Medical Journal
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 136-139 , July 2010