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Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting 29 Years following Trauma

Blunt, nonpenetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta are uncommon and associated with a high mortality rate within the first hour. Aortic injury is missed in 1-2% of patients that survive to hospital, and a chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm may subsequently form. We present a case in which a chronic...

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Autores principales: Miller, Sarah, Kumar, Prashant, Van den Bosch, Rene, Khanafer, Adib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4550747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/470917