title: Repair of traumatic aortoinnominate disruption using CorMatrix.
abstract: Blunt traumatic injuries to the innominate artery are rare but potentially devastating injuries. Patients with an innominate injury who survive typically have an isolated intimal tear with an intact adventitia. There are multiple case reports and series describing off-pump repair of innominate injuries using synthetic grafts, and even reports of successful endovascular stenting. We report the first successful case of innominate artery disruption and repair using CorMatrix (CorMatrix Alpharetta, GA) extracellular matrix.
authors.affiliation: Primary Children's Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113, USA. aaron.eckhauser@hsc.utah.edu
authors.forename: Aaron W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Eckhauser
authors.forename: Dugg
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hannon
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molitor
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scaife
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gruber
mesh_terms: D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D015607:Stents; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D057772:Vascular System Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis