Traumatic disruption of the thoracic aorta in children

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 759-763

  Hormuth, David ^a,b   Cefali, Dominic ^a   Rouse, Thomas ^a   Cutshaw, John ^a   Turner Jr , William ^a   Rodman Jr , George ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032977521     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.7.759     Document Type: Article

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