Transapical deployment of endovascular thoracic aortic stent graft for an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Feb;89(2):616-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.090.

Abstract

We report a case of a patient with a history of previous coronary artery bypass grafting undergoing endovascular aortic repair of a large pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta. Due to the limitations of the current technology, the endograft was deployed through a left ventricular transapical approach by using a left mini-thoracotomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnosis
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery*
  • Angioplasty / methods*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnosis
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Aortography
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Equipment Design
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Stents*
  • Thoracotomy / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Veins / transplantation