Blunt injury of the innominate artery: a case report and review of literature
Hirose, H.; Gill, I.S.
Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Official Journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia 10(4): 218-223
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1341-1098 PMID: 15458372 Document Number: 583637
Innominate artery injury after blunt trauma is uncommon and mostly observed at its origin from the aorta. We report here an unusual case of distal innominate artery injury associated with acute right subclavian occlusion. MEDLINE search of blunt traumatic injury to the innominate artery revealed a total of 132 case reports by the end of 2003, including this case report, and all these published studies were reviewed.