Trauma to the aorta and aortic arch branches

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 355-368

  Ahrar, Kamran ^a   Smith, Douglas C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031736763     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199809000-00008     Document Type: Article

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