Aortic rupture and concomitant transection of the left bronchus after blunt chest trauma

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1508-1510

  Pasic, Miralem ^a   Ewert, Ralf ^a   Engel, Marcus ^a   Franz, Norbert ^a   Bergs, Peter ^a   Kuppe, Hermann ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic rupture; Bronchial rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALLING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

EID: 0034087266     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.5.1508     Document Type: Article

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