Spiral CT aortography: An efficient technique for the diagnosis of traumatic aortic injury

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 828-833

  Wicky, S ^a   Capasso, P ^a   Meuli, R ^a   Fischer, A ^a   Von Segesser, L ^a   Schnyder, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiography; Aorta rupture; Spiral CT; Thoracic aorta; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031644546     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050480     Document Type: Article

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