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To the Editor: Deceleration injury to the thoracic aorta due to high-speed motor vehicle collisions is a well-known phenomenon. Air bags have been shown to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with high-speed injuries when used in conjunction with lap and shoulder belts.^1,2 Air-bag deployment alone has recently been implicated as a cause of clinically significant thoracic injury to unrestrained drivers.^2,3,4 Air bags inflate at a rate of 6 liters per millisecond, generating a velocity that has been measured at 157 to 338 km per hour (98 to 211 miles per hour).⁵ Injury of the descending thoracic aorta in association . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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