Coronary artery dissection: An unusual cause of hypoxia in blunt trauma

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 414-417

  Burns, Brian J ^a   Healy, Geoff ^b  

^a Helicopter Retrieval Services   (Australia)

^b Greater Sydney Area HEMS   (Australia)

Author keywords

chest trauma; hypoxia; LAD; prehospital; Traumatic coronary dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANOXIA; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79957641257     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.561416     Document Type: Conference Paper

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