Combined thoracic aorta and right carotid artery angiography in trauma.
In the critically injured patient, time is of the essence; a method is described for performing a thoracic aortogram for possible ruptured aorta, followed by a right carotid cerebral angiogram as a screening procedure to rule out cerebral vascular shift, using the pigtail catheter.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000150:complications