Nonpenetrating Traumatic Injury of the Aorta
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Nonpenetrating traumatic injury of the aorta.
Rupture or laceration of the aorta is a more common result of nonpenetrating traumatic injury than is generally appreciated. Approximately 15 per cent of individuals with traumatic rupture survive temporarily. If the lesion is promptly diagnosed appropriate surgical treatment may be life-saving. Diagnosis may be difficult and at times the rupture may remain clinically silent for variable period...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1958
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.17.6.1086