Post-traumatic lesions of the aortic isthmus

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-100

  Giulini, Stefano Maria ^a   Bonardelli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

(T EVAR); Aortic rupture; Evar; Isthmus; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AORTA RUPTURE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70349760834     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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