Rescue Snorkel Technique in a Giant Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm With Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Failure

Jhonathan Uribe; Héctor Malváez; Silvestre Montoya; Joel Sánchez; Moisés Jiménez; Luciano Dzul; Luis Antonio Aguilar; Ernesto Díaz; Gela Pimentel; Joel Estrada

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.014

Rescue Snorkel Technique in a Giant Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm With Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Failure

JACC Case Rep. 2019 Dec 18;1(5):815-818. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.014.

Affiliation

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Hospital de Cardiología de Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico.

Abstract

A 67-year-old man was sent to our center because of progressively worsening chest pain. A giant ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm was documented. We performed a successfully rescue snorkel technique for thoracic endovascular aortic repair failure because of type IA endoleak after the first endoprosthesis implantation. The patient was discharged after 6 weeks. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: CTA, computed tomography angiography; LCCA, left common carotid artery; TEVAR; TEVAR, thoracic endovascular aortic repair; aortic aneurysm; endoleak; endoprosthesis; snorkel.

Publication types

Case Reports