Citation

Truesdell W, Gore A, Primakov D, Lieberman H, Jankowska D, Joshi G, Goyal N. J. Thorac. Imaging 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Northwell Health, New York, NY.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/RTI.0000000000000449

PMID

31584478

Abstract

Ballistic injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Unstable patients have high mortality, and only a small subset arrive at the hospital alive. Many patients undergo emergent surgery upon arrival, but a small subset undergo imaging with plain film, computed tomography, and echocardiography. We present a pictorial essay of ballistic and penetrating injuries and their complications with a focus on lung, cardiac, and vascular injury.

Language: en