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Case Reports
. 1996 Jan;40(1):126-7.
doi: 10.1097/00005373-199601000-00025.

Acute aortic dissection after blunt chest trauma

J S Gammie  1 , W E Katz, E R Swanson, A B Peitzman
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Case Reports

Acute aortic dissection after blunt chest trauma

J S Gammie et al. J Trauma. 1996 Jan.

Abstract

Medial dissection of the aorta after blunt trauma is a rare occurrence. We report the case of a 79-year-old woman injured in a motor vehicle crash who suffered an acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection.

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