title: Endovascular management of a thoracic aortic disruption following failure of deployment of a parachute.
abstract: Traumatic thoracic aortic disruption is a life-threatening lesion associated with a high surgical mortality. Endovascular stent graft repair is a minimal invasive approach that does not require a thoracotomy, aortic cross clamping and cardiopulmonary bypass. We report the use of an endoluminal graft to treat a 58-year-old male, who sustained multiple injuries including thoracic aortic disruption in a sky-diving accident due to failure of deployment of his parachute.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery, Arizona Heart Hospital and Arizona Heart Institute, 2632 N.20th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA. jkpodonu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kpodonu
authors.forename: Grayson H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wheatley
authors.forename: Venkatesh G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ramaiah
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Diethrich
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001359:Aviation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery