title: Blunt traumatic injury of the thoracic aorta following commercial airline crashes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Pezzella
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality