Citation

Siriwardena AK. Eur. J. Vasc. Surg. 1990; 4(6): 649-650.

Affiliation

Vascular Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, U.K.

Comment In:

Eur J Vasc Surg 1991;5(2):224.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2279579

Abstract

A case of blunt injury to the abdominal aorta is presented. A deceleration injury with seat-belt compression caused dislodgement of atheromatous fragments as emboli from an atherosclerotic aorta. Atherosclerosis is common, and the compulsory wearing of seat-belts may make this injury more frequent.

Language: en