title: A novel technique of deployment of a thoracic endograft in the hybrid treatment of a patient with thoracoabdominal aneurysm.
abstract: Repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysm is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We describe a hybrid approach to repair a Crawford type III thoracoabdominal aneurysm with antegrade deployment of the endoluminal graft through a side limb of the bifurcated inflow conduit. The advantage of this technique includes avoidance of thoracotomy, left heat bypass, hypothermia, and aortic cross clamping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery, Arizona Heart Hospital and Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA. jkpodonu@azheart.com
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kpodonu
authors.forename: Hani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shennib
authors.forename: Grayson H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wheatley
authors.forename: Venkatesh G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ramaiah
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Diethrich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002678:Chimera; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome