Transoesophageal echocardiography for diagnosis of post-traumatic injuries to major intrathoracic vessels in 150 patients: Influence of learning curve;Echocardiographie transoesophagienne pour le diagnostic des lesions traumatiques des grands vaisseaux intrathoraciques chez 150 patients: Influence de la courbe d'apprentissage

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1206-1216

  Vignon, P ^a   Rambaud, G ^a   Francois B ^a   Cornu, E ^a   Gastinne, H ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; Chest trauma; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032321607     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0750-7658(99)80026-4     Document Type: Article

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