Type II DeBakey dissection with complete aortic rupture visualized by unenhanced postmortem imaging

Forensic Science International

Volumn 225, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 67-70

  Schwendener, Nicole ^a   Mund, Michael ^b   Jackowski, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Aortic rupture; Postmortem computed tomography; Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SEDIMENTATION; TYPE II DEBAKEY AORTA DISSECTION;

EID: 84873718997     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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