Blunt traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta: An epidemiological perspective

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 84-87

  Hill, D A ^a   Duflou, J ^a   Delaney, L M ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic rupture; Blunt trauma; Epidemiology; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PREVALENCE; RAILWAY; THORACIC AORTA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0029913003     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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