Author/Editor		Shabaneh, Bahaeddin; Gregorič, Igor; Loyalka, Pranav; Krajcer, Zvonimir
Title		Complex endovascular repair of a large dissection of the ascending aorta in a 70-year-old man
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 40, št. 2
Publication year		2013
Volume		str. 182-185
ISSN		0730-2347 - Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital
Language		eng
Abstract		We report the case of a 70-year-old man who presented with a large dissection of the ascending aorta related to coronary artery bypass grafting 3 years earlier. One graft was patent; however, a reverse venous graft to the right coronary artery was occluded, and that artery was substantially stenotic. The patient was a high-risk surgical candidate, so we treated a large dissection successfully by endovascular means with a thoracic endograft. This case suggests that this approach can be applied safely and effectively to other high-surgical-risk patients who have complex ascending aortic disease.
Keywords		surgical anastomosis adverse effects aneurysm kirurške anastomoze škodljivi učinki anevrizma