Use of spiral computed tomography for the assessment of blunt trauma patients with potential aortic injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 922-930

  Mirvis, Stuart E ^a   Shanmuganathan, Kathirkamuganathan ^a   Buell, Joseph ^b   Rodriguez, Aurelio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic injury; Mediastinal hemorrhage; Spiral computed tomography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031757671     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199811000-00014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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