A new study presented at the 64th Vascular Annual Meeting presented by the Society for Vascular Surgery® informs that select patients with blunt aortic injury (BAI) can be safely managed non-operatively with beta-blockade to lower the heart rate and blood pressure. Researchers reported that during the 10-year study period from Jan. 1, 1999 to Dec. 31, 2008, a total of 141 patients with BAI were treated at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. Fifty-five had open repair and 49 had endovascular repair...
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