TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Fractured aorta--a case report
JO  - Vascular and endovascular surgery
A1  - Rosengart, Matthew R.
A1  - Zierler, R. Eugene
SP  - 465
EP  - 467
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
N2  - A 66-year-old, restrained driver involved in a high-speed motor vehicle crash sustained a transmural infrarenal fracture of a circumferentially calcified aorta. Blunt abdominal aortic injury is exceedingly rare, about twenty times less common than its thoracic counterpart, and the current case report is therefore unusual. A high index of suspicion in combination with a suggestive clinical history or examination should prompt diagnostic intervention, as both morbidity and mortality are high.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1538-5744
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -