The role of CT angiography in the diagnosis of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic disruption and unsuspected carotid artery injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 580-585

  Methodius Ngwodo, Walaya C ^a   Burkett, Allison B ^a   Kochupura, Paul V ^a   Wellons, Eric D ^a   Fuhrman, George ^a   Rosenthal, David ^a,b  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CUFF; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVALUATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC AORTA; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX INJURY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 48549086387     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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