This is the largest BAAI series described in the English literature at one institution. BAAIs range from intimal tears to free rupture, with outcomes and management correlating with type and location of injury.
Nonoperative management with blood pressure control using β-blockers coupled with antiplatelet therapy and close follow-up is successful in individuals with intimal tears with minimal thrombus formation because they remain stable or resolve on follow-up. Free rupture remains a devastating injury, with 100% mortality.
For all other categories of aortic injury, successful repair correlates with a favorable prognosis.
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Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., USA. shalhub [at] uw.edu
J Vasc Surg. 2012 May;55(5):1277-85
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