Traumatic rupture of the aortic valve and ascending aorta diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 671-673

  West, O D ^a,b   Vanderbush, E ^a   Anagnostopoulos, C E ^a  

^a Coll Phys Surgs of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

^b Memorial Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic rupture; Aortic valve; Echocardiography transesophageal; Heart injuries; Thoracic injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032728813     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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