Posttraumatic and postoperative cardiac luxation: Computed tomography findings in nine patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 721-726

  Leibecke, Thorsten ^a   Stoeckelhuber, Beate Maria ^b   Gellissen, Joerg ^b   Bartels, Claus ^b   Meier, Torsten ^b   Eberhardt, Frank ^b   Helmberger, Thomas ^b   Rademaker, Juergen ^c  

^a Klinikum Neustadt   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart injuries; Low cardiac output; Pericardial rupture; Pneumopericardium; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; HEART INJURY; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 40549128641     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3180341fa9     Document Type: Article

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