CT diagnosis of laceration of the main pulmonary artery after blunt trauma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1361-1362

  Weltman, David I ^a   Baykal, Ahmet ^a   Zhang, DaiWei ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0032740893     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541120     Document Type: Article

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