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The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (2012) 43, 193–201 Egyptian Society of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine /locate/ejrnm ORIGINAL ARTICLE Endovascular repair of acute traumatic injury of thoracic aorta Ahmed H. Abou-Issa a,*, Wael Abdulghaffar a, Fady Elganayni a, Mohammad Bafaraj b, Hesham Fathy Soliman c a Diagnostic Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt b Vascular Surgery Department, Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia c Anesthesiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt Received 12 August 2011; accepted 14 January 2012 Available online 8 February 2012 KEYWORDS Abstract Blunt thoracic aortic injury is associated with a high mortality rate. It is the second lead- Endovascular; ing cause of death after head injury from vehicle accidents. Surgical repair with graft interposition Repair; was the traditional treatment of blunt aortic injury however; the introduction of endovascular stent Traumatic; graft has revolutionized the definitive treatment of these injuries. Thoracic aorta; Objectives: To review our experience with endovascular repair (EVR) of acute traumatic injury to Injury thoracic aorta regarding technique, device, complications and outcome. Patients and methods: This series included 14 patients subjected to EVR for acute traumatic aortic injury (ATAI) to the thoracic aorta between January 2010 and August 2011. The diagnosis was sus-