Evaluation of complications after sternotomy using single- and multidetector CT with three-dimensional volume rendering

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1065-1070

  Li, Arthur E ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL DEFECT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0141743467     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.4.1811065     Document Type: Article

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