Blunt thoracic aortic injuries: An autopsy study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 197-202

  Teixeira, Pedro G R ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Barmparas, Galinos ^a   Georgiou, Chrysanthos ^a   Toms, Carla ^a   Noguchi, Thomas T ^a   Rogers, Christopher ^a   Sathyavagiswaran, Lakshmanan ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Blunt force; Blunt thoracic aortic trauma; Injury; Thoracic aortic injuries; Thoracic injury; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT THORACIC AORTIC INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 78751608028     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181df68b3     Document Type: Article

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