Endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury in a patient with situs inversus and dextrocardia.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.03.220.
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Abstract
A 24-year-old male pedestrian with situs inversus and dextrocardia was struck by a car and sustained multiple injuries, including a pseudoaneurysm of the proximal descending thoracic aorta. A thoracic endograft was deployed to exclude the blunt aortic injury. We are not aware of any report of endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury in a patient with this congenital finding. A brief review of the literature is also included.
Medical subject headings
- Accidents, Traffic
- Aneurysm, False
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
- Dextrocardia
- Endovascular Procedures
- Situs Inversus
- Vascular System Injuries
- Wounds, Nonpenetrating