Traumatic Rupture of the Thoracic Aorta

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Vol. 114 No. 3, March 1979

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Traumatic Rupture of the Thoracic Aorta

Stephen Plume, MD; James A. DeWeese, MD

Arch Surg. 1979;114(3):240-243.

Abstract

• Fifteen patients with blunt traumatic rupture of theaorta, secondary to automobile accidents, that occurred lessthan seven days prior to admission were treated between 1967and 1976. The diagnosis was suspected on the basis of roentgenographicevidence of upper mediastinal widening. Aortography demonstrateda localized deformity and dilation of the aorta isthmus justdistal to the subclavian artery in all but one patient whoselesion occurred in the mid-descending thoracic aorta. The salvageof one of five patients with free rupture by the prompt institutionof total cardiopulmonary bypass has prompted us to begin eachoperation with the capability of using either left heart bypassor cardiopulmonary bypass. An associated rupture of the rightatrium of one patient was successfully controlled. Nine of 12patients survived the operation, eight were discharged fromthe hospital, and six were alive and well at least one yearlater.

(Arch Surg 114:240-243, 1979)

Author Affiliations

From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Rochester (NY) Medical Center. Dr Plume is now at Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH.

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Accepted for publication March 7, 1978.

Reprint request to University of Rochester Medical Center, 601Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642 (Dr DeWeese).

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