Occult ascending aortic rupture in the presence of an air bag

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 577-578

  Dunn, Julie A ^a,b   Williams, Marcus G ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b Box 70575 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; DECELERATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030218851     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00268-8     Document Type: Article

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