title: Endovascular repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysm via midsternotomy and without extracorporeal circulation.
abstract: A 68-year-old man with peripheral vascular disease and associated risk factors, was diagnosed by CT-scan and aortography with an atherosclerotic descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. The patient was treated by successful endovascular grafting of the aneurysm using a midsternotomy incision and the insertion of a thoracic stent-graft through a T-Dacron tube sutured in the ascending aorta, without the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: Cardio-Vascular Surgery Service, University Hospital G. C. Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. cipriabad@wanadoo.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garzon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods