title: Systemic inflammatory response after endoluminal stenting of the descending thoracic aorta.
abstract: The effect of the underlying pathology on postoperative inflammation after stenting of the thoracic aorta has not been described. A retrospective review of patients undergoing thoracic aortic stents was performed. Patients with large degenerative aneurysms developed pyrexia and significantly raised CRP in the first 5 days after the procedure compared with the rest of the cohort. Endoluminal stenting of large degenerative descending thoracic aortic aneurysms is associated with post-implantation systemic inflammatory response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bristol Heart Institute, The Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HN, UK.
authors.forename: Enoch
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akowuah
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wilde
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bryan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein