Blunt traumatic injury of the thoracic aorta: Following commercial airline crashes

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-67

  Pezzella, A Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aortic rupture; Aviation; aorta; Emergency medicine; Non penetrating; Thoracic; Wounds

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; HUMAN; SAFETY; THORACIC AORTA;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0029870786     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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