title: A novel approach for the endovascular repair of the small thoracic aorta: customizing off-the-shelf endoluminal grafts to treat a post-coarctation pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: Surgical repair of post-coarctation pseudoaneurysm is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Endovascular stent grafting is a minimally invasive approach to manage this condition. The small thoracic aorta provides a dilemma for endovascular stent grafting using available commercially available thoracic endografts. We describe a hybrid approach including a novel technique to customize various components of the abdominal endoluminal grafts to repair a post-coarctation pseudoaneurysm. The patient is doing well at 1-year follow-up with no endoleaks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery, Arizona Heart Hospital and Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA. jkpodonu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kpodonu
authors.forename: Grayson H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wheatley
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Julio A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Lopez
authors.forename: Venkatesh G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ramaiah
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Diethrich
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods