Acute aortic dissection after blunt chest trauma
Gammie, J.S.; Katz, W.E.; Swanson, E.R.; Peitzman, A.B.
Journal of Trauma 40(1): 126-127
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-5282 PMID: 8576976 Document Number: 462855
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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