Injury of the thoracic aorta refers to any injury which affects the portion of the aorta which lies within the chest cavity. Injuries of the thoracic...

vessel injuries Traumatic aortic rupture Thoracic aorta injury Aortic dissection And injuries to other structures within the torso Esophageal injury (Boerhaave...

aneurysms of the thoracoabdominal aorta after an aortic dissection.[citation needed] It can also be caused by blunt injury. Atherosclerosis is the principal...

Aortic dissection (AD) occurs when an injury to the innermost layer of the aorta allows blood to flow between the layers of the aortic wall, forcing the...

the point in the ascending aorta where the aortic sinuses end and the aorta becomes a tubular structure. A thoracic aorta diameter greater than 3.5 cm...

cardiovascular system, including the heart and great vessels, which include the thoracic aorta, the pulmonary artery and all its branches, the superior and inferior...

abdominal, pelvic, and thoracic areas, a complete inspection of the body surface to find all injuries, and a neurological examination. Injuries that may manifest...

in the abdominal aorta, but can also be located in the thoracic aorta. Aortic aneurysms result from a weakness in the wall of the aorta and increase the...

catheter within the aorta. Upon successful catheter placement, an occluding balloon may be inflated either within the descending thoracic aorta (Zone 1) or infrarenal...

mediastinus, lit. 'midway';pl.: mediastina) is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity. Surrounded by loose connective tissue, it is a region that contains...

to multiple traumatic injuries, such as a serious head injury in addition to a serious burn. The term is defined via an Injury Severity Score (ISS) equal...

considered a chest disease or condition. Injury to the chest (also referred to as chest trauma, thoracic injury, or thoracic trauma) results in up to ⁠1/4⁠ of...

PMID 21514642. Johnson, Scott B. (2008). "Tracheobronchial injury". Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 20 (1): 52–57. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs...

the way the thoracic organs may have been affected. Blunt thoracic trauma is not always visible from the outside and such internal injuries may not show...

surgery used to treat pathology of the aorta, most commonly an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). When used to treat thoracic aortic disease, the procedure is...

injury. In some places, endovascular repair is also an option for treatment. Death occurs immediately after traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta 75%–90%...

injury is more common in the right main bronchus than the left, possibly because the former is near vertebrae, which may injure it. Also, the aorta and...

a specific vertebra in either the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar region of the spine.) Spinal cord injury can also be non-traumatic and caused by disease...

Aortic rupture is the rupture or breakage of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Aortic rupture is a rare, extremely dangerous condition. The most...

very rare instances, this vessel arises from the thoracic aorta, as low down as the fourth thoracic vertebra. Occasionally, it perforates the anterior...

technique whereby an abdominal, thoracic or retroperitoneal surgical incision is used to visualize and control the aorta for purposes of treatment, usually...

live births) in which the aorta is not completely developed. There is a gap between the ascending and descending thoracic aorta. In a sense it is the complete...

above, the pelvic cavity. It is attached to the thoracic cavity by the diaphragm. Structures such as the aorta, inferior vena cava and esophagus pass through...

ascends between the trachea and esophagus. The left vagus further gives off thoracic cardiac branches, breaks up into the pulmonary plexus, continues into the...

severity of injuries. It represents the threat to life associated with the injury rather than the comprehensive assessment of the severity of the injury. AIS...

mediastinum is called mediastinal (fibrous pericardium, oesophagus, thoracic aorta and its main branches). The diaphragmatic portion covers the upper surface...

intercostal neurovascular bundles, lungs, bronchi, heart, aorta, major vessels, esophagus, thoracic duct, and diaphragm. Gunshots to the chest can thus cause...

or EVAR. Thoracic Thoracic aortic aneurysms are contained in the chest. Aneurysms of the descending aorta can often be treated with thoracic endovascular...

critical reappraisal of the treatment modalities of normal appearing thoracic aorta mural thrombi". Ann Transl Med. 5 (15): 306. doi:10.21037/atm.2017.05...

result of arterial dissection in the carotid artery or aorta or as a result of iatrogenic arterial injury (e.g., after angiography). An inadequate flow of blood...