Posterior acceleration as a mechanism of blunt traumatic injury of the aorta

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1359-1364

  Forman, Jason ^a   Stacey, Stephen ^a   Evans, Jay ^b   Kent, Richard ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Aorta; Injury biomechanics; Injury mechanisms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPACTION; DECELERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

AORTA; FLUID PRESSURE; INJURY BIOMECHANICS; INJURY MECHANISMS; TRAUMA;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CADAVER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THORACIC AORTA;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 41549163801     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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