Rule of four: an anatomic and value-based approach to stent-graft inventory for blunt thoracic aortic injury.

Kristofor A OlsonC Yvonne ChungNikolas O AksamitCharles E HillCarlos V R BrownPedro G Teixeira

Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2023)

Based on actual CT-scan aortic measurements, we demonstrated that an inventory of four sent-graft sizes was sufficient to treat 100% of patients with BTAI. These data can be utilized as a value-based anatomic approach to aortic stent-graft institutional inventory creation and maintenance.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
left ventricular
pulmonary artery
computed tomography
aortic dissection
psychometric properties
dual energy
spinal cord
big data
machine learning
positron emission tomography
pulmonary arterial hypertension