Transesophageal echocardiography for diagnosis of traumatic aortic injury: In appraisal of the evidence

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1246-1255

  Cinnella, Gilda ^a   Dambrosio, Michele ^a   Brienza, Nicola ^b   Tullo, Livio ^a   Fiore, Tommaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Summary receiver operating characteristic curve; Thoracic trauma; Transesophageal echocardiography; Traumatic aortic injury

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX INJURY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 11144241258     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000133576.35999.00     Document Type: Article

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