title: Innominate arterial rupture distal to anomalous origin of left carotid artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7065, USA. charless@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sadoff
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: 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