Endovascular versus open repair for blunt thoracic aortic injury: short-term results.

Background: Endovascular stent grafting has been increasingly used as an alternative treatment modality. The aim of this study is to evaluate the immediate and short-term results of endovascular stent grafting repair after blunt thoracic aortic injury due to trauma.

Methods: A review of a tertiary trauma center registry identified all patients who suffered blunt thoracic aortic injury from 2002 to 2006.

Endovascular stenting for primary aortobronchial fistula in association with massive hemoptysis.

Aortobronchial fistula is a potentially lethal complication secondary to the repair of a descending thoracic aneurysm or the placement of a prosthetic graft. Few cases have been reported. Very rarely, primary aortobronchial fistula occurs in a patient who has no history of cardiac surgical intervention.

Surgical treatment for aneurysm at the origin of an aberrant right subclavian artery.

Atherosclerotic aneurysms at the origin of an aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) are extremely rare entities of congenital origin. We report a case of a 62-year-old man who presented with dyspnea and upper chest pain. The CT scan and digital subtraction angiography revealed a 7-cm aneurysm of an ARSA arising from Kommerell's diverticulum.