title: Femoro-femoral partial bypass in the treatment of thoracoabdominal aneurysms.
abstract: This article describes our rationale for the use of femoro-femoral bypass as a primary modality for perfusion in the repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms at Stanford University School of Medicine. Benefits and limitations of this method are discussed and compared with other described techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94305-5407, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Coady
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D018611:Heart Bypass, Left; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome