Diagnosing acute traumatic aortic injury with computed tomography angiography: Signs and potential pitfalls

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 97-105

  Koenig, Titus R ^a   West, O Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALLING; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PATIENT POSITIONING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1942456489     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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