title: Treatment of symptomatic coral reef aorta by endovascular stent-graft placement.
abstract: We report 2 patients who were referred for treatment of hemodynamically significant symptomatic stenosis of the aorta at the thoracoabdominal transition (coral reef aorta) that was causing abdominal angina and intermittent claudication. Both patients underwent successful transfemoral endovascular stent-graft placement and are free of symptoms, with regular findings at 6-month follow-up completion computed tomography scan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holfeld
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gottardi
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zimpfer
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dorfmeister
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dumfarth
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funovics
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schoder
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weigang
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lammer
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wolner
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czerny
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grimm
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed