title: Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysms and patch aneurysms.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysms and patch aneurysms are life-threatening late complications after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair. We treated four patients who presented with a pseudoaneurysm or patch aneurysm involving the descending thoracic portion of a previously implanted TAAA graft. In each patient, stent grafts were placed within the existing graft to cover the aneurysm endoluminally. All patients recovered without major complications, and computed tomography performed after a mean follow-up of 51.5 ± 19.7 months showed that the repairs remained intact.
authors.affiliation: Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Tex, USA.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwill
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: LeMaire
authors.forename: Susan Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Faisal G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Bakaeen
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Coselli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome