A retrospective review of the role of transesophageal echocardiography in aortic and cardiac trauma in a level i pediatric trauma center

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 946-955

  Pearson, Gail D ^a,b   Karr, Sharon S ^c   Trachiotis, Gregory D ^b   Midgley, Frank M ^b   Eichelberger, Martin R ^a   Martin, Gerard R ^b  

^a Children's National Medical Center ^*

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031264395     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)80011-9     Document Type: Article

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