Complex, traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta in a child: Diagnostic findings and delayed surgery

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1459-1462

  Dörnhöfer, Tanja ^a   Dinkel, Hans Peter ^a   Carrel, Thierry ^a   Pfammatter, Jean Pierre ^a   Vock, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic rupture; Child; Computed tomography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCIDENT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036596209     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101106     Document Type: Article

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