title: Treatment of infolding related to the gore TAG thoracic endoprosthesis.
abstract: The present report describes three cases of thoracic aortic endograft infolding or collapse involving the Gore TAG system. The cases include a penetrating aortic injury, a blunt aortic injury, and a symptomatic type B dissection. In the first case, infolding occurred in a delayed fashion after a normal-appearing 3-month follow-up computed tomographic angiogram. In the other two cases, infolding occurred during the immediate postoperative phase. One of the patients underwent explantation and surgical repair. The other two underwent endovascular repair of the infolded endograft by placement of a balloon-expandable stent in one case and a self-expanding stent in the other.
authors: Division of Interventional Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. daleung@vcu.edu <daleung@vcu.edu>
authors: Daniel A
authors: DA
authors: Leung
authors: Ivan
authors: I
authors: Davis
authors: Gundars
authors: G
authors: Katlaps
authors: Jaime
authors: J
authors: Tisnado
authors: Malcolm K
authors: MK
authors: Sydnor
authors: Daniel J
authors: DJ
authors: Komorowski
authors: Derek
authors: D
authors: Brinster
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery