Blunt Cardiac Trauma

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-133

  El Chami, Mikhael F ^a   Nicholson, William ^a   Helmy, Tarek ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; cardiac contusion; chest trauma

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CONTUSION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; THORAX INJURY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; TROPONIN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 47749134846     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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