Blunt Chest Trauma — Suspected Aortic Injury

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  • Hansol Kim
  • Frank J. Rybicki
  • Bill S. Majdalany
  • Christopher J. Francois
  • Marie D. Gerhard-Herman
  • Heather L. Gornik
  • John M. Moriarty
  • Patrick T. Norton
  • Thomas Ptak
  • Clifford R. Weiss
  • Sanjeeva P. Kalva
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تاریخ انتشار 2016