PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Amoudi, Abdullah S.
AU  - Merdad, Anas A.
AU  - Makhdoom, Ahmed Q.
AU  - Jamjoom, Reda A.
TI  - Development of stroke-induced quadriplegia after endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury pseudoaneurysm
DP  - 2015 Jan 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 52--54
VI  - 20
IP  - 1
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/20/1/52.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/20/1/52.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2015 Jan 01; 20
AB  - Endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury is now a first-line approach in management. This can warrant coverage of the left subclavian artery (LSA), which could lead to posterior strokes. In this case report, we present a severe complication of endovascular repair of a traumatic aortic aneurysm. A 53-year-old man presented with blunt aortic injury, endovascular repair was carried out where the left subclavian artery was covered. The intervention had a 100% technical success. Twelve hours later, he was discovered to have quadriplegia, a CT scan showed a large left cerebellar infarction extending to the medulla oblongata and proximal spinal cord. Strokes complicate 3% of thoracic endovascular aortic repairs, 80% of those strokes occur in patients who had their LSA’s covered. Most patients however, tolerate the coverage. Although our patient had a dominant right vertebral artery, and lacked risks for these strokes, he developed an extensive stroke that left him quadriplegic.