Angiographic detection of carotid and vertebral arterial injury in the high-energy blunt trauma patient

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-266

  Hoit, Daniel A ^a   Schirmer, Clemens M ^a   Weller, Simcha J ^a   Lisbon, Alan ^b   Edlow, Jonathan A ^b   Malek, Adel M ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Carotid artery; Spine trauma; Thromboembolism; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BALLOON EMBOLIZATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE FRACTURE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 48949093617     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318141fce8     Document Type: Article

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