Sixteen-Slice CT Angiography in Patients with Suspected Blunt Carotid and Vertebral Artery Injuries

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 838-848

  Utter, Garth H ^a   Hollingworth, William ^a   Hallam, Danial K ^a   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33750985705     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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