Blunt thoracic aortic trauma: A cost-utility approach for injury detection

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 619-626

  Brasel, Karen J ^a   Weigelt, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029884373     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430180045007     Document Type: Article

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