Blunt chest trauma victims: Role of intravascular ultrasound and transesophageal echocardiography in cases of abnormal thoracic aortogram

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 330-337

  Patel, Nilesh H ^a,b   Hahn, David ^a,b   Comess, Keith A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic injury; Blunt chest trauma; Intravascular ultrasound; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0042821654     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000078696.27012.5C     Document Type: Article

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