Life threatening chest injury can involve partial of full tears of the aorta. Investigations of fatal injuries in automobile accidents indicate that aortic trauma occurs in 10-20% of the cases. The significant factors associated with traumatic injury of the aorta are discussed.
In: Proceedings of twenty-seventh Stapp car crash conference with international research committee on biokinetics of impacts (IRCOBI), San Diego, California, October 17-19 1983, p. 109-114, 3 fig., 2 graph., 3 tab., 39 ref.; SAE paper No. 8316068
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