Open AccessComputed Tomography as a Screening Exam in Patients with Suspected Blunt Aortic Injury
Author(s) -
Roger Durham,
Darryl A. Zuckerman,
Michael Wolverson,
Elisabeth Heiberg,
William B. Luchtefeld,
Donna Jean Herr,
Marc J. Shapiro,
John E. Mazuski,
Zarrin Saļimi,
Murali Sundaram
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199411000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , computed tomography , radiology , blunt trauma
Chest computed tomography (CT) screening of patients with blunt trauma for thoracic aortic injury is controversial. This study was undertaken to determine whether CT could exclude aortic injury and be used to select patients for aortography.