Blunt cardiac rupture: The utility of emergency department ultrasound

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1274-1276

  Symbas, Nikolas P ^a   Bongiorno, Philip F ^a   Symbas, Panagiotis N ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0032987636     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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