Quantification of Traumatic Hemomediastinum Using Transesophageal Echocardiography

Autor: Vignon, Philippe, Rambaud, Geoffrey, François, Bruno, Preux, Pierre-Marie, Lang, Roberto M., Gastinne, Hervé
Zdroj: Chest; June 1998, Vol. 113 Issue: 6 p1475-1480, 6p
Abstrakt: To determine whether the quantitative evaluation of hemomediastinum using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is predictive of the presence of a traumatic disruption of the thoracic aorta (TDA) or its branches in patients who have sustained severe blunt chest trauma.
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