title: Transapical deployment of endovascular thoracic aortic stent graft for an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: We report a case of a patient with a history of previous coronary artery bypass grafting undergoing endovascular aortic repair of a large pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta. Due to the limitations of the current technology, the endograft was deployed through a left ventricular transapical approach by using a left mini-thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. szetow@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Wilson Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Szeto
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Nimesh D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Rita K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Milewski
authors.forename: Albert T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pochettino
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bavaria
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004867:Equipment Design; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation