title: Nonoperative management of unusual blunt traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta.
abstract: A conservative nonoperative method of management was utilized in an atypical case of blunt traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta. In unusual or complicated tears of the aortic arch, as described here, a delayed or expectant method of management may be justified.
authors.affiliation: St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, New York 13203, USA.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Pezzella
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Effler
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Levy