An unusual cause of false aneurysm of the descending aorta due to traumatic disruption of the aorta

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 443-444

  Bozkurt, A K ^a,b   Besirli K ^a   Yuceyar L ^a   Arslan, C ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ataköy 5 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; FALLING; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344848629     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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