Intravascular sonography in the assessment of traumatic injury of the thoracic aorta

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 665-670

  Uflacker, Renan ^a   Horn, Jon ^a   Phillips, Gene ^a   Selby, J Bayne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0032818537     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.3.10470899     Document Type: Article

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