Chronic innominate artery dissection after blunt thoracic trauma: case report.
Blunt innominate chest trauma is relatively rare, with only 70 cases being reported in the surgical literature since 1960. This report describes a 20-year-old male who sustained a blunt chest injury that resulted in an innominate artery dissection. The patient's clinical course and management are discussed, as well as a review of the surgical literature.
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Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033-4612, USA.
Chun
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Weaver
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D000328:Adult; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery