Lateral impact motor vehicle collisions: Significant cause of blunt traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 769-772

  Katyal, Deepak ^a,c   McLellan, Barry A ^a,c   Brenneman, Frederick D ^a,c   Boulanger, Bernard R ^a,c   Sharkey, Philip W ^a,c   Waddell, James P ^b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lateral impact; Motor vehicle crash; Traumatic aortic rupture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0031007632     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199705000-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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