Imaging of acute traumatic injuries of the thoracic aorta

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 431-442

  Wintermark, Max ^a   Wicky, Stefan ^a   Schnyder, Pierre ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic rupture; Diagnostic imaging; Emergency treatment; Thoracic injuries; Wounds and injuries; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX INJURY; ACCIDENT; ALGORITHM; AORTA INJURY; AORTA SURGERY; DECELERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMODYNAMICS; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036483602     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100971     Document Type: Review

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