Unusual case of late thoracic stent graft failure after cardioversion.
We report the unusual case of successful endovascular exclusion of a thoracic aortic aneurysm with subsequent thoracic aortic aneurysm reduction, and development of an interval, acute type III endoleak after cardioversion 5 years after stent graft deployment.
Caffarelli
Anthony D
AD
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Stanford, California, USA.
Banovac
Filip
F
Cheung
Stephen C
SC
Fleischmann
Dominick
D
Mitchell
R Scott
RS
D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013997:Time Factors