Indeterminate CT angiography in blunt thoracic trauma: Is CT angiography enough?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 603-608

  Sammer, Marla ^a   Wang, Eric ^a   Blackmore, C Craig ^a,b   Burdick, Thomas R ^a   Hollingworth, William ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Blunt trauma; Cardiac imaging; Catheter aortography; CT angiography; Emergency radiology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34548244460     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2432     Document Type: Article

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