title: Endovascular treatment of a blunt thoracic aortic laceration due to thoracolumbar spine fracture.
abstract: A 36-year-old woman sustained an aortic laceration at the level of the diaphragmatic hiatus owing to a displaced thoracolumbar spine fracture (TLS). We herein report the first case of aortic trauma secondary to a TLS fracture treated with a thoracic stent-graft.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiac Surgery and Radiology, Laval Hospital, Québec City, Canada.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dagenais
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nadeau
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Normand
authors.forename: Roc
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turcotte
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mathieu
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Voisine