Management of Blunt Peripheral Arterial Injury

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-173

  Peck, Michael A ^a   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blunt vascular injury; cervical vascular injury; extremity vascular injury; noninvasive imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXTREMITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 39049113662     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003506293450     Document Type: Article

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