title: Endovascular exclusion of leaking thoracic aortic aneurysms.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90509, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Woody
authors.forename: Irwin
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Walot
authors.forename: Carlos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Donayre
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eugene
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: Rodney A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: 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