Direct findings of aortic injury on contrast-enhanced CT in surgically proven traumatic aortic injury: A multi-centre review

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-286

  Cleverley, Joanne R ^a   Barrie, James R ^b   Raymond, Gregory S ^b   Primack, Steven L ^c   Mayo, John R ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced CT of the thorax; Intimal flap; Mediastinal hematoma; Thoracic aortogram; Traumatic aortic injury; Traumatic aortic pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

IONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOVERSOL; MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; AORTOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036549580     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2001.0908     Document Type: Article

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