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Chronic Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: 40‐Year Follow‐Up
Author(s) -
Iddriss Adam,
Ziganshin Bulat A.,
Tranquilli Maryann,
Elefteriades John A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12573
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , aneurysm , thoracic aortic aneurysm , surgery , conservative management , aortic aneurysm , aortic rupture , radiology
Traumatic aortic injury is a rare but potentially lethal condition. Those few patients who survive the acute phase of injury usually progress to form a chronic aneurysm. Few guidelines exist on the management of chronic traumatic aortic aneurysms. Here, we describe the conservative management of a patient with a traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm who has remained asymptomatic for 40 years. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12573 (J Card Surg 2015;30:586–588)