Nontraumatic thoracic emergencies

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-293

  Jeudy, Jean ^a   Waite, Stephen ^a,b   White, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33244481586     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2005.10.008     Document Type: Review

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