Author/Authors :
Attinà, Domenico University Hospital S.Orsola-Malpighi - Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, Cardiothoracic Radiology Unit, Italy , Buia, Francesco University Hospital S.Orsola-Malpighi - Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, Cardiothoracic Radiology Unit, Italy , Russo, Vincenzo University Hospital S.Orsola-Malpighi - Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, Cardiothoracic Radiology Unit, Italy , Pilato, Emanuele University Hospital S.Orsola-Malpighi - Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Italy , Lovato, Luigi University Hospital S.Orsola-Malpighi - Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, Cardiothoracic Radiology Unit, Italy , Bartolomeo, Roberto Di University Hospital S.Orsola-Malpighi - Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Italy , Zompatori, Maurizio University Hospital S.Orsola-Malpighi - Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, Cardiothoracic Radiology Unit, Italy
Abstract :
Traumatic thoracic aortic rupture is a life-threatening condition; aortic isthmus is the most common site of rupture, but in rare cases traumatic injury can localize elsewhere, such as at aortic arch or at the level of the diaphragm. In the past few years, endovascular treatment of traumatic aortic injury became a safe procedure, with lower mortality and complication, if compared with open surgery. We report a case of a 40-year-old-man admitted to emergency department after a violent car crash in which an aortic traumatic double rupture was successfully treated with two endovascular stent-grafts coverage.
Keywords :
Trauma , Thoracic Aorta , Aortic Rupture , Endovascular Stent Graft , Endovascular Procedure , Emergency
