Traumatic aortic pseudoaneurysm after airbag deployment: Successful treatment with endoluminal stent-graft placement and subclavian-to-carotid transposition

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1282-1284

  Lin, Peter H ^a,b   Bush, Ruth L ^a   Lumsden, Alan B ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AIR BAGS; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; STENTS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

EID: 22544468511     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000160443.97120.8D     Document Type: Article

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