Endovascular exclusion of leaking thoracic aortic aneurysms.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the endovascular exclusion of leaking thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA).


METHODS
Two elderly patients with leaking TAAs who were at high risk for surgical intervention were transferred to our institution for possible endovascular treatment. Both patients underwent successful endovascular exclusion of the leaking TAAs using multiple stacked AneuRx thoracic endoprostheses. One patient remains alive and well at 1 year with an excluded aneurysm; the other patient died from heart failure 2 months after endografting.


CONCLUSIONS
While the early results of the endovascular exclusion of leaking TAAs are promising, the use of thoracic endoprostheses remains investigational.
Woody
Jonathan D
JD
Division of Vascular Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90509, USA.
Walot
Irwin
I
Donayre
Carlos E
CE
Eugene
John
J
Carey
Joseph S
JS
White
Rodney A
RA
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents