Diferencia entre revisiones de «Traumatic aortic transection»

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**25% have complications (i.e. infection & hematoma)
**25% have complications (i.e. infection & hematoma)
**No longer routinely performed
**No longer routinely performed
*Classification based on CT findings<ref>Azizzadeh, A., Keyhani, K., Miller, C. C., Coogan, S. M., Safi, H. J. and Estrera, A. L. (2009) ‘Blunt traumatic aortic injury: Initial experience with endovascular repair’, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 49(6), pp. 1403–1408<ref/>
*Classification based on CT findings<ref>Azizzadeh, A., Keyhani, K., Miller, C. C., Coogan, S. M., Safi, H. J. and Estrera, A. L. (2009) ‘Blunt traumatic aortic injury: Initial experience with endovascular repair’, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 49(6), pp. 1403–1408</ref>
**Type I: Intimal tear
**Type I: Intimal tear
**Type II: Intramural hematoma
**Type II: Intramural hematoma

Revisión del 13:29 30 nov 2015

Not to be confused with nontraumatic thoracic aortic dissection

Background

  • Blunt traumatic mechanism, rapid deceleration
  • Pt often asymptomatic but die w/o warning (80% die at scene)
  • Hypotension NOT from ruptured aorta (just die)
  • Need high suspicion to diagnose

Diagnosis

  • CXR
    • Widened mediastinum(>8cm on supine film)
  • CT
    • Diagnostic study of choice
    • Good for aorta but not for branch vessels
  • Aortography
    • Gold standard
    • 25% have complications (i.e. infection & hematoma)
    • No longer routinely performed
  • Classification based on CT findings[1]
    • Type I: Intimal tear
    • Type II: Intramural hematoma
    • Type III: Pseudoaneurysm
    • Type IV: Rupture (free rupture, periaortic hematoma)

Differential Diagnosis

Thoracic Trauma

Treatment

See Also

Thoracic trauma

References

  1. Azizzadeh, A., Keyhani, K., Miller, C. C., Coogan, S. M., Safi, H. J. and Estrera, A. L. (2009) ‘Blunt traumatic aortic injury: Initial experience with endovascular repair’, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 49(6), pp. 1403–1408