Traumatic Occlusion of the Thoracic Aorta: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-150

  Schultz, Jess M ^a   Blizzard, John D ^a   Ravichandran, Pasala S ^a   Slater, Matthew S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; INJURY; MAMMARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038448053     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000020186.16863.84     Document Type: Article

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