Endovascular treatment for traumatic thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Sung-Yuan Hu²  Siu-Wan Hung³  Tzu-Chieh Lin¹  Chung-Lin Tsai¹  Po-Sung Li¹ 

[1] School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Nursing, College of Health, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung;Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

关键词: Traumatic aortic injury (TAI);    Thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm (TAPA);    Endovascular stent-graft;    Computed tomographic angiography (CTA);   

Others  :  1152467
DOI  :  10.1186/1749-8090-8-36

 received in 2012-06-23, accepted in 2013-02-25,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Cases of an endovascular treatment for traumatic aortic injury are extremely rare. A prompt diagnosis of traumatic thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm through a 3-dimensional computed tomographic angiography of aorta and emergency repair are mandatory to rescue the life-threatening condition. An endovascular treatment is a trend for traumatic aortic injury because of lower invasivity, morbidity and mortality. We reported a rare case of traumatic aortic injury with thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm definitively diagnosed by the reconstructional computed tomographic angiography of aorta and successfully treated with endovascular stent-graft.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Li et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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