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Researchers from University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Center detail findings in life sciences
Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, September 8th, 2009
Scientists discuss in 'Endovascular treatment of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury' new findings in life sciences. According to recent research from London, Canada, "Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury (BTTAI) is a lethal injury associated with a prehospital mortality of 80% to 90%. Patients arriving in the emergency room and considered appropriate to undergo emergency open surgical repair still have a mortality rate of 15% to 30% because of severe associated injuries."
"Conventional open surgical repair requires a left thoracotomy, single lung ventilation, aortic-cross clamping and unclamping, with or without the adjunct use of partial or full cardiopulmonary...
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