Endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury in a patient with situs inversus and dextrocardia

John F Bilello; Peter L Birnbaum; Chandra Venugopal; Leo L Fong

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2011.03.220

Endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury in a patient with situs inversus and dextrocardia

J Vasc Surg. 2011 Sep;54(3):857-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.03.220. Epub 2011 May 14.

Authors

John F Bilello¹, Peter L Birnbaum, Chandra Venugopal, Leo L Fong

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Community Regional Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco-Fresno Campus, Fresno, CA 93721-1324, USA. jbilellomd@communitymedical.org

PMID: 21571491
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.03.220

Abstract

A 24-year-old male pedestrian with situs inversus and dextrocardia was struck by a car and sustained multiple injuries, including a pseudoaneurysm of the proximal descending thoracic aorta. A thoracic endograft was deployed to exclude the blunt aortic injury. We are not aware of any report of endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury in a patient with this congenital finding. A brief review of the literature is also included.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic*
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / etiology
Aneurysm, False / surgery*
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / injuries
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / etiology
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortography / methods
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Dextrocardia / complications*
Dextrocardia / diagnostic imaging
Endovascular Procedures*
Humans
Male
Situs Inversus / complications*
Situs Inversus / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Vascular System Injuries / complications
Vascular System Injuries / diagnostic imaging
Vascular System Injuries / surgery*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery*
Young Adult