Technologies of diagnosis and treatment

Treating trauma: case studies and early experience with the Zenith Alpha Thoracic Endovascular Graft for treatment of blunt aortic injuries

B.W. Starnes

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

This article presents a description of few cases using the Zenith TX2 low-profile endovascular graft (now called Zenith Alpha Thoracic) to manage severe patients with aortic injury.

Key words: aortic injury, management, endovascular graft.