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  • Title: Endovascular management of a thoracic aortic disruption following failure of deployment of a parachute.
    Author: Kpodonu J, Wheatley GH, Ramaiah VG, Diethrich EB.
    Journal: Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg; 2007 Dec; 6(6):823-4. PubMed ID: 17804432.
    Abstract:
    Traumatic thoracic aortic disruption is a life-threatening lesion associated with a high surgical mortality. Endovascular stent graft repair is a minimal invasive approach that does not require a thoracotomy, aortic cross clamping and cardiopulmonary bypass. We report the use of an endoluminal graft to treat a 58-year-old male, who sustained multiple injuries including thoracic aortic disruption in a sky-diving accident due to failure of deployment of his parachute.
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