Given the relative infrequency of traumatic aortic injury, which often leads to missed or delayed diagnosis, application of our score has the potential to draw necessary clinical attention to the possibility of aortic injury, thus providing the chance of a prompt specific diagnostic and therapeutic management.

No abstract

Mortality and morbidity in our small series were low. Close follow-up is mandatory and long-term results have to be awaited.

No abstract

Aortoesophageal fistula after thoracic stent grafting is rare and usually fatal. A 66-year-old woman developed an aortoesophageal fistula 1 month after endovascular stent grafting of the thoracic aorta for a complicated type B dissection. She had a fatal episode of massive bleeding before she could be treated. The limited treatment options are discussed.

The transaortic access is a feasible and safe alternative in patients who have suboptimal iliofemoral conduits and who will benefit from the unique features of the Lotus THV.