title: Stent repair of aortic perianastomotic leak after aortic arch and descending aorta replacement.
abstract: Surgical treatment of the thoracic aorta combined with endovascular stent grafting may be an interesting approach to diseases of the thoracic aorta in high-risk patients. A patient with a chronic post-dissection aneurysm of the aortic arch and proximal descending aorta developed, after surgery, a perianastomotic leak of the distal suture of the graft. We successfully treated the leak by means of an endovascular stent graft procedure. These combined procedures may be useful to resolve surgical complications particularly in case of high operative risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Radiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. apierangeli@orsola-malpighi.med.unibo.it
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angeli
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pacini
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martin-Suarez
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell'Amore
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fattori
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Bartolomeo
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017130:Angioplasty; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D017211:Treatment Failure