Blunt Cardiac Injury in Trauma Patients with Thoracic Aortic Injury

Trauma patients with thoracic aortic injury (TAI) suffer blunt cardiac injury (BCI) at variable frequencies. This investigation aimed to determine the frequency of BCI in trauma patients with TAI and compare with those without TAI. All trauma patients with TAI who had admission electrocardiography (...

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Main Authors: Rathachai Kaewlai, Marc A. de Moya, Antonio Santos, Ashwin V. Asrani, Laura L. Avery, Robert A. Novelline
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/848013