Endovascular repair after stent elephant trunk procedure for extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Dec;7(6):1189-90. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2008.184051. Epub 2008 Sep 19.

Abstract

Hybrid surgical-endovascular procedure was conducted in a 46-year-old male with extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm. Ascending aorta and arch replacement combined with stent elephant trunk implantation was performed first. An open stent-graft was implanted into the descending aorta. One month later, endovascular repair was conducted. Postoperative CTA showed total coverage of the descending aorta by stent-grafts and the descending aortic aneurysm was totally thrombo-excluded. Stent elephant trunk may be a better alternative to conventional elephant trunk in hybrid surgical-endovascular approaches in treatment of extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / pathology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / therapy*
  • Aortography / methods
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome