title: Treatment of thoracoabdominal aneurysm with self-expandable aortic stent grafts.
abstract: A 67-year-old man with a large thoracoabdominal aneurysm was treated utilizing the endovascular approach with multiple stent graft implantation. The proximal thoracic and distal abdominal necks of the aneurysm had favorable anatomy for insertion of multiple endovascular stents. The proximal end was located just distal to the left subclavian artery, and stents were placed to the region of the celiac axis. The infrarenal aneurysm was treated with a bifurcated stent graft to the iliac arteries. The patient has had a smooth post-stent insertion course and remains well after 3 months of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical School, São Paulo Federal University, São Paulo, Brazil. jhpalma.dcir@epm.br
authors.forename: José Honório
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Amaury R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gasques
authors.forename: Claudia Maria Rodrigues
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: José Augusto Marcondes
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Enio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buffolo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed