Mediastinal hematomas: Aortic injury and beyond

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-224

  Rojas, Carlos A ^a,c   Restrepo, Carlos S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinal hematomas; Spontaneous; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

AORTIC INJURIES; CLINICAL HISTORY; CONDITION; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING MODALITY; MEDIASTINAL HEMATOMA; OPEN-HEART SURGERY; SPONTANEOUS; TRAUMA;

DIAGNOSIS;

AORTA INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STERNUM; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VEIN INJURY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART SURGERY; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; STERNUM; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VEINS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 64749111573     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31817c12d8     Document Type: Review

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