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Core curriculum case illustration: blunt traumatic thoracic aortic pseudo aneurysm
Muhammad Mubashir Ramzan1, Shaimaa Abdelhassib Fadl2, Jeffrey D Robinson2
1Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, 325, 9th Avenue, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA. mramzan@uw.edu.
Abstract:
Core Curriculum Illustration: [blunt thoracic aortic pseudo aneurysm]. This is the [40th] installment of a series that will highlight one case per publication issue from the bank of cases available online as part of the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) educational resources. Our goal is to generate more interest in and use of our online materials. To view more cases online, please visit the ASER Core Curriculum and Recommendations for Study online at: http://www.aseronline.org/curriculum/toc.html.
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