Review of branch aortic injuries in blunt chest trauma

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-56

  Holdgate, Anna ^a,b   Dunlop, Sarah ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic branch; Brachiocephalic; Chest trauma; Subclavian

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBASE; FALLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC CAVITY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

EID: 13544272729     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00679.x     Document Type: Review

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