Traumatic aortic rupture: Recent outcome with regard to neurologic deficit

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 959-964

  Attar, Safuh ^a   Cardarelli, Marcelo G ^a   Downing, Stephen W ^a   Rodriguez, Aurelio ^a   Wallace, Douglas C ^a   West, Robert S ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph S ^a  

^a Maryland Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0032937620     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00174-5     Document Type: Article

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