Traumatic rupture of the aorta in children-stenting or surgical intervention? A word of caution

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 731-732

  Murala, John Santosh Kumar ^a   Numa, Andrew ^a   Grant, Peter ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA RUPTURE; CORONARY STENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORACIC AORTA;

AORTA; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; STENTS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33747784346     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.044     Document Type: Letter

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