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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1263-1264
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Innominate arterial rupture distal to anomalous origin of left carotid artery

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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Isolated innomnate arterial rupture from blunt trauma is rare. We present the case of a pregnant woman with an isolated injury to the innominate artery distal to an anomalous origin of the left common carotid artery. A safe operative technique is described.

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