Rupture of the ascending aorta caused by blunt trauma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-117

  Symbas, Peter J ^a   Horsley, W Stewart ^a   Symbas, Panagiotis N ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032125672     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00354-3     Document Type: Article

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