Transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of aortic trauma

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-256

  Rosenzweig, Barry P ^a,b   Guarneri, Erminia ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; aortic trauma; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FISTULA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029880713     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00892.x     Document Type: Review

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