CT reconstruction of an unusual chronic posttraumatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1480-1482

  Reardon, Michael J ^a,b   Hedrick, Thomas D ^a   Letsou, George V ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a   Espada, Rafael ^a   Baldwin, John C ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030776054     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00940-5     Document Type: Letter

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