Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 226-236 , July 2006

Multidetector-Row Computerized Tomography of Aortic Injury

  • Luis A. Rivas, MD
    • ,
  • Felipe Múnera, MD
    • ,
  • Joel E. Fishman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Joel E. Fishman, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, West Wing 279, 1611 N.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136.

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PII: S0037-198X(06)00034-4

doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2006.05.004

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 226-236 , July 2006

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