Aortic Deceleration Injury Treated by Endograft : A Case Report with 11-Year Followup

• Published in: Case reports in vascular medicine Vol. 2012; no. 2012; pp. 1 - 3
• Main Authors: Hu, Zhi-Wei, Gao, Wang-Zhong, Gu, Yong-Quan, Chen, Bing, Zhu, Guang-Chang, Liang, Wei-Tao, Ning, Ya-Chan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01.01.2012; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Hindawi Limited; Wiley
• Subjects: Case Report
• ISSN: 2090-6986; 2090-6994
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/608358

Aortic deceleration injury is a common and critical condition following automobile accident with high fatality. The survivors complicated with associated serious injuries are even rare and definitive treatment is required. A 37-year-old male patient had both aortic blunt injury and coronary artery injury after a frontal car collision. After failed coronary artery percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and deteriorated aortic lesion, the ruptured aorta was subsequently successfully treated by us with a self-made individualized endograft. The endograft was well in position and the patient functioned well in 11-year followup. With the development of endograft and technique, the endovascular treatment may be an option for patients with complicated aortic blunt injury. Yet careful patient selection and the long-term followup are essential.