title: Early complication after hybrid thoracic aortic aneurysm repair.
abstract: This brief report describes an unusual hybrid approach complication of aortic arch disease. An acute stent kinking in the first post-operative day promoted ventricular fibrillation and death. Adequate oversizing was achieved and intraoperative angiogram showed no proximal or distal leaks. Unfavorable outcomes are highly under-reported and describing complications are a key instrument to improve this technique.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Paulo, Paulista School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Honório
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: José Stocco
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Guilhen
authors.forename: Diego Felipe
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Gaia
authors.forename: Enio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buffolo
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; C013616:nitinol