title: Esophageal necrosis after endoprosthesis for ruptured thoracoabdominal aneurysm type I: can long-segment stent grafting of the thoracoabdominal aorta induce transmural necrosis?
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Praetere
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lerut
authors.forename: Mertens
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johan
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daenens
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houthoofd
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fourneau
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maleux
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lerut
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nevelsteen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / 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*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004947:Esophagus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000382:microbiology; D009336:Necrosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed