Thoracic aortic injury: How predictive is mechanism and is chest computed tomography a reliable screening tool? A prospective study of 1,561 patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 673-683

  Dyer, Debra S ^a,d   Moore, Ernest E ^b   Ilke, David N ^c   McIntyre, Robert C ^a   Bernstein, Steve M ^a   Durham, Janette D ^a   Mestek, Michael F ^b   Heinig, Marsha J ^b   Russ, Paul D ^a   Symonds, Dave L ^b   Honigman, Benjamin ^a   Kumpe, David A ^a   Roe, E Jedd ^b   Eule, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Computed tomography; Mechanism of injury; Thoracic aortic injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0033994842     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200004000-00015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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