Endovascular Treatment of a Blunt Aortic Injury in Iraq: Extension of Innovative Endovascular Capabilities to the Modern Battlefield

This report details the first endovascular treatment of blunt aortic injury in wartime and represents a sustained commitment to advance innovative endovascular capability closer to the time of injury. Although controversial, this less invasive approach is appealing in patients with high injury severity scores, making its availability in wartime especially germane.