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Case Reports

Endograft Collapse After Thoracic Stent-Graft Repair for Traumatic Rupture

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachussetts
^b Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachussetts
^c Section of Vascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachussetts

Accepted for publication September 3, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Lazar, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, 88 East Newton St, Boston, MA 02118 (Email: harold.lazar{at}bmc.org).

Endovascular stent grafting has emerged as a new strategy for repair of traumatic aortic disruptions; however, this technique is not without complications. In this report, we describe a case of endograft collapse after a traumatic aortic rupture.