Great Vessel and Cardiac Trauma

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 797-820

  Cook, Chris C ^a   Gleason, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic reconstruction; Aortic stent grafting; Aortic transection; Cardiac trauma; Thoracic aortic injury

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; THORACOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 70349464917     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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