Presentation

Ministernotomy for ascending aorta and aortic arch replacement with left carotid artery, right carotid artery and left axillary artery debranching.

Clinical Summary
– 28 year old male
– Traumatic aortic injury (TAI)
– Endovascular treatment
Complications
– Aortic arch and brachiocephalic trunk dissection
– Right carotid artery and left sublcavian artery occlusion
– Stroke
– Orthostatic Hypotension (Extracranial Steal Syndromes from Disease of the Aortic Branches?)
Surgery Technique
– Femoro-femoral and right axillary artery cannulation
– The aorta was accessed through a Ministernotomy

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