Endovascular treatment of a traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm initially presenting as acute critical limb ischemia

VASA. Zeitschrift für Gefässkrankheiten
N DiehmH P Dinkel

Abstract

We describe the successful endovascular treatment of a traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm in a 32-year old male presenting with acute critical limb ischemia. The patient's condition arose from embolism growth in an aneurysmal lesion incurred seven years previously in a motorcycle accident.

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