Radiographic and CT Findings of Blunt Chest Trauma: Aortic Injuries and Looking Beyond Them

Radiographics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1085-1106

  Kuhlman, Janet E ^a   Pozniak, Myron A ^a   Collins, Janette ^a   Knisely, Barbara L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta, injuries, 562.41; Bronchi, injuries, 671.41; Diaphram, rupture, 795.411; Esophagus, injuries, 71.411; Lung, injuries, 60.41; Thorax, injuries, 47.40; Trauma, **.402

Indexed keywords

AORTA RUPTURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX INJURY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032160053     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.18.5.9747609     Document Type: Article

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