Physical exam and occult post-traumatic vascular lesions: Implications for the evaluation and management of arterial injuries in modern warfare in the endovascular era

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 581-586

  Johnson III, Owen N ^a   Fox, C J ^a,b   White, P ^a,b   Adams, E ^a,b   Cox, M ^a,b   Rich, N ^a,b   Gillespie, D L ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Aneurysm false; Angiography; Angioplasty balloon; Arteriovenous fistula; Endovascular surgical procedures; Extremities; Iraq; Physical examination; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARMY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALPATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36148970815     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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