Imaging of blunt aortic and great vessel trauma

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-103

  Fishman, Joel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta CT; Aorta rupture; Computed tomography (CT); Helical; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX SCINTISCANNING;

AORTA, THORACIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RUPTURE; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0034053038     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200004000-00004     Document Type: Review

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