Case report: endovascular repair of a thoracic aortic aneurysm (saccular type) with a stent-graft.
We describe the repair of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm (saccular type, maximal size 85 mm) with an endovascular stent-graft in a 69-year-old man with chronic renal failure. The graft consisted of a self-expanding Z-stent covered with a woven polyester graft. An angiogram obtained intraoperatively showed complete thrombosis of the aneurysm. One month after the procedure, a contrast-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scan showed thrombosis of the aneurysmal sac. A follow-up CT scan obtained 18 months after operation confirmed that the aneurysm had disappeared.
Suzuki
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Cardiovascular Center, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama 232-0024, Japan.
Kondo
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J
Imoto
K
K
Tobe
M
M
Takanashi
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome