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Endovascular management of a thoracic aortic disruption following failure of deployment of a parachute

Department of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery, Arizona Heart Hospital and Arizona Heart Institute, 2632 N.20th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA

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E-mail address: jkpodonu{at}yahoo.com (J. Kpodonu).

Traumatic thoracic aortic disruption is a life-threatening lesion associated with a high surgical mortality. Endovascular stent graft repair is a minimal invasive approach that does not require a thoracotomy, aortic cross clamping and cardiopulmonary bypass. We report the use of an endoluminal graft to treat a 58-year-old male, who sustained multiple injuries including thoracic aortic disruption in a sky-diving accident due to failure of deployment of his parachute.

Key Words: Parachute; Thoracic aortic disruption; Endoluminal graft

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