Traumatic aortic injury: Computed tomography angiography imaging and findings revisited in patients surviving major thoracic aorta injuries.
Richard EdwardsNausheen KhanPublished in: SA journal of radiology (2021)
Blunt chest trauma related acute thoracic aortic injury (TAI) is a life-threatening condition that requires prompt diagnosis and appropriate management because of high mortality. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is the imaging of choice for evaluation of patients with major chest trauma findings suspicious of TAI on chest radiography. This case series describes the CTA findings in four high-velocity incident survivors with associated TAIs, discusses the injury type and treatment, and reviews the literature.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic dissection
- pulmonary artery
- high resolution
- coronary artery
- trauma patients
- image quality
- spinal cord
- end stage renal disease
- left ventricular
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- spinal cord injury
- systematic review
- liver failure
- cardiovascular disease
- young adults
- prognostic factors
- drug induced
- computed tomography
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- coronary artery disease
- mass spectrometry
- intensive care unit
- respiratory failure
- patient reported outcomes
- atrial fibrillation
- ultrasound guided