Avtor/Urednik     DeFrain, Michael; Strickman, Neil E; Ljubic, Branimir J; Dougherty, Kathryn G; Gregori, Igor D
Naslov     Endovascular repair of a ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm
Tip     članek
Vir     Tex Heart Inst J
Vol. in št.     Letnik 33, št. 2
Leto izdaje     2006
Obseg     str. 241-5
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     Endovascular aneurysm repair has considerable potential advantages over the surgical approach as a treatment for thoracic aortic rupture, in part because open surgical repair of ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysms is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. We describe the successful endovascular deployment of stent-grafts to repair a contained rupture of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in an 86-year-old man whose comorbidities prohibited surgery. Two months after the procedure, magnetic resonance angiography showed a patent stent-graft, a patent left subclavian artery, and complete exclusion of the aneurysm.
Deskriptorji     AGED, 80 AND OVER
ANEURYSM, RUPTURED
AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC
BALLOON DILATATION
MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY
STENTS