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1 Injury grade is a predictor of aortic-related death among patients with blunt thoracic aortic injury 
Gerald R. Fortuna, MD, Alexa Perlick, BS, Joseph J. DuBose, MD, Samuel S. Leake, BS, Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw, MD, Charles C. Miller, PhD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD  Journal of Vascular Surgery  Volume 63, Issue 5, Pages (May 2016) DOI: /j.jvs Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Classification of traumatic aortic injury.
Adapted with permission from the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vol 49, Azizzadeh A, et al, Blunt traumatic aortic injury: initial experience with endovascular repair, pages Copyright Society for Vascular Surgery, 2009. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Image of a grade (G) IV blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI).
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4 Fig 3 Blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) treatment type over time at the University of Texas Houston. TEVAR, Thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

5 Fig 4 Flow chart shows demographics, treatment, and outcomes of blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI). CT, Computed tomography; LSAC, left subclavian artery coverage; SVS, Society for Vascular Surgery; TBI, traumatic brain injury; TEVAR, thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions


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