title: Emergency endovascular stent grafting of a traumatic thoracic aortic dissection.
abstract: An endovascular stent graft was successfully used in the management of a patient with multiple injuries, who sustained an acute type B dissection of the thoracic aorta. We discuss the multidisciplinary approach taken, the contra-indications of conventional surgery, and the radiological imaging employed. We conclude that stent grafts can be safely deployed without morbidity or mortality in a multiply injured patient.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Stamenkovic
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reidy
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Roxburgh
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000628:therapy*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000628:therapy*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome