Vascular geometry as a risk factor for non-penetrating traumatic injuries of the aortic arch.

<h4>Purpose</h4>To assess biomechanical factors in aortic arch geometry contributing to the development of non-penetrating aortic arch injury (NAAI) in multiply injured patients with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) ≥ 16.<h4>Material and methods</h4>230 consecutive multiply inj...

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Main Authors: Andreas Schicho, Lukas Luerken, Christian Stroszczynski, Ramona Meier, Andreas G Schreyer, Lena-Marie Dendl, Stephan Schleder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0180066&type=printable