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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000;18:370
© 2000 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Traumatic dissection of the innominate artery

Christoph Knosalla, Miralem Pasic, Roland Hetzer

Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Abteilung für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany

Received 2 May 2000; received in revised form 26 May 2000; accepted 31 May 2000.

Corresponding author. Tel.: +49-30-4593-2000; fax: +49-30-4593-2100
e-mail: knosalla{at}dhzb.de

Key Words: Traumatic dissection • Innominate artery

1. Case report

An 18-year-old male was admitted to the Trauma Center after a motor-cycle accident. He was unconscious with multi-system injuries, which included maxillary fracture, subarachnoid hemorrhage, bilateral lung contusions and third-degree burns of the right leg. An angiography, performed 14 days after the injury, revealed a localized traumatic dissection of the innominate artery (arrow) (Fig. 1 ). The arterial reconstruction of the innominate artery was not immediately performed because of the vicinity of the tracheotomy and a prolonged interval between the traumatic event and the establishment of the diagnosis, and also because of a very slow neurological recovery. The angiographic examinations performed 6 and 12 weeks later demonstrated no progression of the local findings and, therefore, we decided to postpone the arterial reconstruction until closure of the tracheotomy and clinical neurological improvement.



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  		Fig. 1. Digital subtraction arteriogram of the supraaortic truncs shows a localized traumatic dissection of the innominate artery (arrow).

 



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