Multi-detector computed tomography findings of atypical blunt traumatic aortic injuries: A pictorial review

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Steenburg, Scott D ^a   Ravenel, James G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic injuries; Multi detector computed tomography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AORTA INJURY; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34447092053     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0620-2     Document Type: Article

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