Eleven-Year Experience Treating Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury at a Tertiary Referral Center.

CONCLUSIONS: Procedural intervention, whether endovascular or surgical, is associated with improved mortality compared to nonoperative treatment. Delayed intervention, particularly in high grade injuries, may allow for initial patient stabilization and improved outcomes.
PMID: 31962115 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 17, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: McCurdy CM, Faiza Z, Namburi N, Hartman TJ, Corvera JS, Jenkins P, Timsina LR, Lee LS Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research