Successful treatment of multiple simultaneous great vessel disruptions.
Survival following ruptures of the thoracic aorta at sites other than the aortic isthmus is exceedingly rare. Herein we describe a successful outcome in a 62-year-old woman with ascending and isthmic aortic lacerations compounded by disruptions of the subclavian-innominate artery junction and the left vertebral-subclavian junction. Chest wall instability and a myocardial contusion further complicated her case.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged