Outcome of major cardiac injuries at a Canadian trauma center

BMC Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-3

  Alanezi, Khaled ^a   Milencoff, G Scott ^a   Baillie, Frank G H ^a   Lamy, Andre ^a   Urschel, John D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 3342938157     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-2-4     Document Type: Article

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