Treatment Strategy for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury in the Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Era

The treatment strategy for blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) has changed dramatically in the last decade. It is reported that outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) have improved and now the first choice of treatment has completely replaced from surgical treatment to endovascular repair.