Figure 17.

Stent-grafting of traumatic aortic rupture at level of isthmus. The image on the right is taken post endograft deployment demonstrating adequate repair. Laminar arterial flow was observed on gaining access to the femoral artery for endograft deployment. This corresponded to a lack of pulsation contractility due to massive aortic injury. On the post-deployment digital subtraction angiography, the left subclavian artery is covered by the covered portion of the endograft; however, the leading 12 mm of the device is uncovered and flow is maintained in the left common carotid artery.