Endovascular stent-graft repair for spontaneous rupture of the nonaneurysmal thoracic aorta in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis.
Takayasu's arteritis is a disease of unknown etiology with a constellation of clinical findings primarily resulting from stenotic lesions on the aorta and its branches. Although aneurysmal degeneration is observed frequently in patients with Takayasu's arteritis, non-aneurysmal spontaneous aortic rupture is extremely rare. We report a case of endovascular stent grafting for spontaneous rupture of a non-aneurysmal thoracic aorta in Takayasu's arteritis.
Yoshida
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Himeji, Japan. myoshida@hbhc.jp
Mukohara
N
N
Ozaki
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N
Mizoguchi
K
K
Shida
T
T
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications*