Acute traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: Experience with 64-MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1564-1569

  Steenburg, Scott D ^a   Ravenel, James G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic injury; MDCT; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TRAUMATIC THORACIC AORTIC INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 55549086477     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3349     Document Type: Article

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