Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 16-28 , January 2009

Acute Aortic Syndrome and Acute Traumatic Aortic Injury

  • Katherine R. Birchard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Katherine R. Birchard, MD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, CB# 7510, Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

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doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2008.10.002

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 16-28 , January 2009

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