TY - JOUR
T1 - Endovascular stent-graft repair as a late secondary procedure after previous aortic grafts
AU - Matsagas, Miltiadis I.
AU - Anagnostopoulos, Constantine E.
AU - Papakostas, John C.
AU - DeRose, Joseph J.
AU - Siminelakis, Stavros
AU - Katsouras, Christos S.
AU - Toumpoulis, Ioannis K.
AU - Drossos, George E.
AU - Michalis, Lampros K.
PY - 2006/8/1
Y1 - 2006/8/1
N2 - Thoracic and abdominal aortic endovascular procedures as alternatives to aortic reoperations were studied in three different cases. An anastomotic aneurysm after previous thoracic aortic graft for coarctation, a second-stage elephant trunk repair (descending thoracic aortic aneurysm), and a secondary aneurysm proximal to a previous abdominal aortic graft were successfully treated with endovascular stent-grafts. During the follow-up period no lethal events or major aortic or graft-related complications were observed, except a type II endoleak in the anastomotic aortic aneurysm case. An endovascular stent-graft can be safely deployed into a previously implanted vascular graft, avoiding repeat surgery.
AB - Thoracic and abdominal aortic endovascular procedures as alternatives to aortic reoperations were studied in three different cases. An anastomotic aneurysm after previous thoracic aortic graft for coarctation, a second-stage elephant trunk repair (descending thoracic aortic aneurysm), and a secondary aneurysm proximal to a previous abdominal aortic graft were successfully treated with endovascular stent-grafts. During the follow-up period no lethal events or major aortic or graft-related complications were observed, except a type II endoleak in the anastomotic aortic aneurysm case. An endovascular stent-graft can be safely deployed into a previously implanted vascular graft, avoiding repeat surgery.
KW - Aneurysm
KW - Complications of surgery
KW - Endovascular stent
KW - Reoperation
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U2 - 10.1007/s00270-005-0180-3
DO - 10.1007/s00270-005-0180-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 16502174
AN - SCOPUS:33744718518
VL - 29
SP - 655
EP - 658
JO - CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
JF - CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
SN - 7415-5101
IS - 4
ER -