Innominate arterial rupture distal to anomalous origin of left carotid artery.
Isolated innominate arterial rupture from blunt trauma is rare. We present the case of a pregnant woman with an isolated injury to the innominate artery distal to an anomalous origin of the left common carotid artery. A safe operative technique is described.
Roberts
C S
CS
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7065, USA. charless@med.unc.edu
Sadoff
J D
JD
White
D R
DR
D000328:Adult; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000293:injuries*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D012421:Rupture