Acute traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta treated with endoluminal stent grafts

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1173-1177

  Thompson, Charles S ^a   Rodriguez, Julio A ^a   Ramaiah, Venkatesh G ^a   DiMugno, Leanne ^a   Shafique, Shoaib ^a   Olsen, Dawn ^a   Diethrich, Edward B ^a  

^a Arizona Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular; Stent graft; Thoracic aorta; Traumatic aortic rupture

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0036081207     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200206000-00025     Document Type: Article

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