Carrières Caroline, Georg Yannick, Khelifa Ismail, Koskas Fabien
Department of Vascular Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Department of Vascular Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Ann Vasc Surg. 2014 Jul;28(5):1315.e1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.09.019. Epub 2013 Dec 21.
Ballistic injuries of the descending aorta are uncommon and of extremely severe prognosis. We report the case of a 55-year-old man treated for such a thoracic trauma that combined wounds of the heart and descending thoracic aorta. A combination of conventional surgical and endovascular approaches enabled successful treatment.