Beware of the Aberrant Innominate Artery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 653-654

  Upadhyaya, Prashant K ^a   Bertellotti, Robert ^a   Laeeq, Ambreen ^a   Sugimoto, Jeffrey ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349125400     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.044     Document Type: Article

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