Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair with a thoracic stent graft was safe and effective at 5 years in patients with blunt thoracic aortic injury, according to findings from the RESCUE trial presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

The researchers evaluated the performance of the stent graft (Valiant Captivia, Medtronic) in 50 patients treated at 20 sites for blunt thoracic aortic injury between 2010 and 2012.