The injury is usually caused by high speed impacts such as those that occur in vehicle collisions and serious falls. It may be due to different rates of deceleration of the heart and the aorta, which is in a fixed position.
Traumatic aortic rupture
Aortic rupture
Thoracic aorta injury
Acute aortic syndrome
Diaphragmatic rupture
Aortic dissection
Pulmonary hematoma
Myocardial rupture