title: Salvage of endoluminal exclusion of an anastomotic arch aneurysm with a "kissing" carotid stent.
abstract: Traditional open repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms remains a high-risk surgical procedure. Thoracic aneurysm stent-graft repair is evolving but has promise as a minimally invasive treatment option. Herein a case is presented of an anastomotic arch aneurysm treated with a custom-made thoracic stent-graft after a left subclavian artery-to-carotid artery transposition. Proximal extension for a type I endoleak necessitated a bailout procedure with a "kissing" left common carotid artery bare stent.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 201 East Huron Street, Suite 10-105, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. meskanda@nmh.org
authors.forename: Mark K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Eskandari
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Resnick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000601:surgery*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods