2008
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-008-8187-5
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Injury to the Thoracic Aorta Following Fatal Blunt Trauma: An Autopsy Study

Abstract: This study demonstrates that TTA is a frequent cause of immediate deaths among blunt trauma victims. Patients with risk factors for TTA who reach the hospital alive need to be promptly investigated with a contrast CT scan. Evidence of mediastinal hematoma is suggestive for possible rapid evolution.

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“…In our cohort, TEVAR was usually performed immediately after arrival at the emergency department, and no aorta-related death occurred. In cases of acute traumatic aortic transection, aortic pseudoaneurysms are contained within thin adventitia when viewed from the operating table, 13 and not within the outer media and adventitia as in cases of acute aortic dissection. Pain management and blood pressure control are strictly enforced; however, pseudoaneurysms with a thin membrane can easily rupture.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our cohort, TEVAR was usually performed immediately after arrival at the emergency department, and no aorta-related death occurred. In cases of acute traumatic aortic transection, aortic pseudoaneurysms are contained within thin adventitia when viewed from the operating table, 13 and not within the outer media and adventitia as in cases of acute aortic dissection. Pain management and blood pressure control are strictly enforced; however, pseudoaneurysms with a thin membrane can easily rupture.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Chiara et al studying 199 consecutive autopsies, found out that BTai was present in 53/199 cases (26.6) and that it was the cause of death in 60 of them. 30 in a multicenter study involving 274 cases of blunt aortic injury, 81 percent were caused by automobile collisions. 10 other etiologies of blunt thoracic aortic injury include motorcycle and aircraft crashes, automobile versus pedestrian accidents, falls, and crush injury.…”
Section: Incidence and Prognosis Of Btaimentioning
confidence: 99%