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Aortic injury from posterior rib fracture.
1010-7940/$ — see front matter # 2010 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic S doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.04.016 A 43-year-old female sustained blunt trauma after amotor vehicle collision. Computed tomography (CT) angiogram revealed a displaced left fifth rib fragment impinging on the descending thoracic aorta (Figs. 1 and 2). On hospital day 3, she underwent surgery with excision of the rib fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.04.016