Traumatic transection of the innominate artery.
A case of transection of the origin of the innominate artery with an associated head injury following blunt thoracic injury is presented. The patient had been the unrestrained driver in a road traffic accident. Investigation demonstrated embolic damage to the brain parenchyma. Early surgical repair employing cardiopulmonary bypass and hypothermic circulatory arrest was successfully performed without extension of the neurological injury.
Veerasingam
Devendran
D
National Cardiac Surgery Unit, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles St., Dublin 7, Ireland. vdevendran@hotmail.com
Vioreanu
Mihai
M
O' Donohue
Martin
M
McCarthy
James F
JF