Even in challenging cases, CT angiography offers an accurate and rapid diagnosis for blunt trauma victims who may have aortic or great vessel injury negating the need for more invasive procedures ...

Vascular surgeons performed one of the nation's first implants of a Next Generation Conformable GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis device for the treatment of a traumatic aortic transection as part ...

ORLANDO, FL — For certain elderly patients with severe aortic-valve stenosis who have CT angiography as part of a workup before transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), the CT scan can ...

The FDA press release notes that thoracic aortic transection is frequently fatal and typically results from "a traumatic injury to the chest as a result of a motor-vehicle accident, crushing of ...

Aortic Embolus: (Left) CT scan of the chest with contrast. Note the large clot within the aortic arch; (Middle) Magnetic Resonance Angiogram - arch study. Note the complete cut-off of the left ...

New Indication Expands Labeled Uses for Valiant® Captivia® System in U.S.;Six-Month Results of RESCUE Trial Will Be Presented at VEITHsymposium The second leading cause of traumatic death after head ...

The goal of the trial is to gain insight into using thoracic endografts for patients with traumatic aortic transection (tear) as a less invasive alternative to major surgery. "This is the first ...