Diagnosis of blunt traumatic aortic injury 2007: Still a nemesis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-40

  Mirvis, Stuart E ^a   Shanmuganathan, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Injuries; Multidetector computed tomography; Rupture; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BLUNT TRAUMATIC AORTIC INJURY; MEDIASTINAL HEMATOMA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ANATOMY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMY; AORTA INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548689597     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.02.016     Document Type: Review

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