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An adolescent with ischemic stroke due to arterioembolism from ruptured traumatic innominate artery pseudoaneurysm

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Hereby, we present the rare case of ischemic stroke with left-sided paralysis as a complication of the pseudoaneurysm of the brachiocephalic trunk due to clavicular fracture. After angio-computed tomography (CT) diagnostics the reconstruction of brachiocephalic trunk by upper sternotomy was performed.

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  1. Department and Clinic of Vascular, General and Transplantation Surgery, Jan Mikulicz-Radecki Medical University Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland

    Diana Kupczyńska, Piotr Barć, Maciej Antkiewicz & Piotr Szyber

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Correspondence to Maciej Antkiewicz.

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Kupczyńska, D., Barć, P., Antkiewicz, M. et al. An adolescent with ischemic stroke due to arterioembolism from ruptured traumatic innominate artery pseudoaneurysm. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 34, 147–149 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-017-0557-3

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