Angiographic Description of Blunt Traumatic Injuries to the Thoracic Aorta with Specific Relevance to Endograft Repair

Abstract

In most cases of BTAI, the location of the injury will necessitate covering the origin of the left subclavian artery if endovascular repair is to be performed. The curvature of the aorta in the region predisposed to these injuries requires that the endograft be very flexible and/or precurved.