title: Endovascular reconstruction of a new aortoiliac bifurcation to manage a ruptured thoracoabdominal pseudoaneurysm in a Marfan patient.
abstract: Traditional open surgical repair for aortic rupture from a thoracoabdominal pseudoaneurysm is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. The use of advanced intravascular imaging and endovascular techniques permits selection and customizing endoluminal graft components to treat such catastrophic events in high-risk surgical patients. We report the successful management of a ruptured thoracoabdominal pseudoaneurysm with an endovascular approach.
authors.affiliation: The Division of Cardiac Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60611, 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: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Diethrich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery; D017222:Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*