Blunt intrapericardial rupture of the pulmonary artery in a surviving patient

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 258-260

  Clements, Ronald H ^a   Wagmeister, Lee S ^a   Carraway, Robert P ^a  

^a Physicians Medical Center Carraway   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY ARTERY; RUPTURE; SURVIVORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0030873268     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00478-5     Document Type: Article

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