Prague Med. Rep. 2020, 121, 142-152

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2020.13

Endovascular Treatment of a Life-threatening Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury in Polytraumatized Patients – A Single Center Experience

David Janák1, Karel Novotný1, Radovan Fiala1, Radek Pádr2, Miloslav Roček2, Vilém Rohn1

1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
2Department of Radiology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Received May 14, 2020
Accepted September 14, 2020

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