title: Endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury in a patient with situs inversus and dextrocardia.
abstract: A 24-year-old male pedestrian with situs inversus and dextrocardia was struck by a car and sustained multiple injuries, including a pseudoaneurysm of the proximal descending thoracic aorta. A thoracic endograft was deployed to exclude the blunt aortic injury. We are not aware of any report of endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury in a patient with this congenital finding. A brief review of the literature is also included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Community Regional Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco-Fresno Campus, Fresno, CA 93721-1324, USA. jbilellomd@communitymedical.org
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bilello
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: Chandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Venugopal
authors.forename: Leo L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Fong
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D057772:Vascular System Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult