title: Separate revascularization of the visceral arteries in thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair.
abstract: We successfully repaired a ruptured aortic patch containing the visceral arteries after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair in a young patient with Marfan syndrome. This unexpected and tricky situation was treated by separate revascularization of each visceral artery using small-caliber prosthetic grafts as interposition between the aortic prosthesis and the ostia of the visceral arteries.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Berne, Switzerland. thierry.carrel@insel.ch
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Carrel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Signer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014781:Viscera / Q000098:blood supply*