ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION AFTER BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA

Authors
GAMMIE JS KATZ WE SWANSON ER PEITZMAN AB
Citation
Js. Gammie et al., ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION AFTER BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 40(1), 1996, pp. 126-127
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
126 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Medial dissection of the aorta after blunt trauma is a rare occurrence . We report the case of a 79-year-old woman injured a motor vehicle cr ash who suffered an acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection.