A composite approach to thoracic aortic stent grafting.
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair has become the preferred modality for the treatment of diverse aortic pathologies of the thoracic aorta. This report is the first to describe the use of 2 different devices for successful exclusion of a dissecting thoracic aneurysm.
Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Grace.Wang@uphs.upenn.edu
Grace J
GJ
Wang
Wilson Y
WY
Szeto
Ronald M
RM
Fairman
Edward Y
EY
Woo
Joseph E
JE
Bavaria
Benjamin M
BM
Jackson
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome