title: Inoue Stent-Graft Implantation for Thoracoabdominal Aortic  Aneurysm Involving the Visceral Arteries.
abstract: Purpose. To assess the efficacy of the Inoue stent-graft placement for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA).Methods. Patients with TAAA underwent Inoue stent-graft placement with single branched stent-graft in 4 patients,straight graft in 3 patients and double branched stent-graft in 1 patient. Half the patients required additional open surgical revascularizations of involved visceral arteries (Hybrid procedures).Results. Stent-grafts were deployed successfully in all patients. One patient with Hybrid procedure developed major complications,required haemodialysis and died in hospital. In another patient the post-operative CT scan demonstrated a type I endoleak, but this had resolved by 3 months.Conclusion. Inoue stent-grafting for TAAA with or without adjunctive open surgical revascularization is feasible.
authors.affiliation: Department of CardiovascularMedicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University,54 Shogoin Kawahara-tyo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toma
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanoue
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tadamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014781:Viscera / Q000098:blood supply