A case of aortic dissection caused by blunt chest trauma

Forensic Science International

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-8

  Mimasaka, Sohtaro ^a,b   Yajima, Yukihito ^a   Hashiyada, Masaki ^a   Nata, Masayuki ^a   Oba, Masatoshi ^c   Funayama, Masato ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Furukawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Autopsy case; Blunt chest trauma; Forensic medicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0037433373     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00416-4     Document Type: Article

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