Transesophageal echocardiography and therapeutic management of patients sustaining blunt aortic injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1150-1158

  Vignon, Philippe ^a   Martaillé, Jean François ^a   François, Bruno ^a   Rambaud, Geoffrey ^a   Gastinne, Hervé ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Blunt aortic injury; Delayed treatment; Management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA BLUNT INJURY; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMOMEDIASTINUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 22544438128     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000169865.23229.58     Document Type: Article

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