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ArticleAnnals of vascular diseases2019

Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury: Current Therapies, Outcomes, and Challenges.

Akbarshakh Akhmerov, Joseph DuBose, Ali Azizzadeh

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Article in Annals of vascular diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury Presenting as Hemodynamically Stable: A Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2026
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  11. Readmission after thoracic endovascular aortic repair following blunt thoracic aortic injury.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024
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  18. Imaging in polytrauma - Principles and current concepts.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021
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  20. Traumatic injury to the great vessels of the chest.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Akbarshakh AkhmerovDepartment of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Joseph DuBoseDivision of Vascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ali AzizzadehSmidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blunt thoracic aortic injuries are rare occurrences but carry an increased risk of mortality. Over the last two decades, however, major advances in diagnostic imaging, staging, and treatment have significantly improved outcomes. Modern imaging paved the way for a new staging system based on the anatomical layers of the aortic wall. This staging system, in turn, allowed for refinement of treatment, which now includes nonoperative management with anti-impulse therapy, endovascular intervention, and, if needed, open surgical repair. As is the case with any other rapidly evolving therapy, however, new challenges and controversies arise. The resolution of these challenges will rely on a broad, international, and multidisciplinary effort. (This is a review article based on the invited lecture of the 46th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery.).

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aortaendovascularsurgeryTEVARtrauma

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PMID30931049
PMCPMC6434345

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