title: Assembly and deployment of a branched arch stent graft using the transaortic approach.
abstract: Transaortic stent grafting is an alternative method for treating distal arch aneurysms. Total arch grafts are too bulky to be inserted into a sheath catheter during usual stent grafting methods. An assembling method that uses a chain stitch enables the deployment of any type of stent graft into the distal aorta without the need for a sheath catheter. We describe how to safely assemble and use a branched arch stent graft. We consider this method to be beneficial in selected cases involving extensive distal arch aneurysms or in patients with highly calcified aortas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Abeno, Osaka, Japan. shibata@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Shigefumi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suehiro
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*