Floating thrombus of the thoracic aorta: A rare consequence of blunt trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 892-894

  Losanoff, Julian E ^a   Richman, Bruce W ^a   Amiridze, Nana ^a   Rider, Kurt D ^a   Jones, James W ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 7244220244     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000046264.14796.14     Document Type: Article

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