Gunshot wound to the thoracic aorta with peripheral arterial bullet embolization: Case report and literature review

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 394-397

  Shen, Perry ^a   Mirzayan, Raffy ^a   Jain, Tarun ^a   McPherson, James ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; AORTA INJURY; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BULLET; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0031891603     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199802000-00031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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