Open AccessSubclavian artery and jugular vein rupture after a blunt thoracic trauma due to a BMX handlebar
Author(s) -
Ramin Ipaktchi,
Sabine Dettmer,
Peter M. Vogt,
Karsten Knobloch
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.07.015
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , jugular vein , thoracic trauma , subclavian artery , surgery , subclavian vein , blunt trauma , catheter
A 14-year-old BMX driver suffered a blunt trauma towards the lateral neck (Fig. 1). A computed tomography (CT) angiography revealed a dye stop in the left subclavian artery with collateral blood flow (Fig. 2). Interventional catheterisation revealed a rupture. However, no peripheral pulse deficit was evident, and, therefore, no immediate vascular surgery was performed. www.elsevier.com/locate/ejcts European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 37 (2010) 235
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