The advent of thoracic endovascular aortic repair is associated with broadened treatment eligibility and decreased overall mortality in traumatic thoracic aortic injury

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-43

  Hong, Michael S ^a   Feezor, Robert J ^a   Lee, W Anthony ^a   Nelson, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR; THORAX INJURY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 78650519255     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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