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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1726. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.023
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Mechanism of Delayed Aortic Injury in Left-Sided Rib Fractures

Edward W.K. Peng, MRCS, Pradip K. Sarkar, FRCS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, S5 7AU United Kingdom

(Email: edwkpeng@gmail.com).

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest Bruno and Batchelor's [1] description of a single case of delayed aortic injury secondary to traumatic rib fracture. We have previously reported an almost similar penetrating descending aortic injury that did not occur until 11 days after the initial trauma [2].

Our case bears a resemblance to Bruno and Batchelor's . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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