TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Thoracic Arch and Proximal Great Vessels A1 - Guliani, Sundeep A1 - Nagarsheth, Khanjan A1 - O’Connor, James V. A2 - DuBose, Joseph J. A2 - Teixeira, Pedro G. A2 - Rajani, Ravi R. PY - 2023 T2 - Vascular Injury: Endovascular and Open Surgical Management AB - The incidence of blunt and penetrating injury to the ascending aorta, aortic arch, and proximal great vessels is not precisely known. This is understandable since most victims succumb to these injuries prior to arriving at the hospital. In one autopsy study all victims of a penetrating injury to the aorta and arch vessels died at the scene and over one-half had another lethal thoracic injury.1 Another large autopsy study found that hemorrhage was the leading cause of death following penetrating trauma and aortic injury was a principal cause.2 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1200599452 ER -