title: Total arch replacement and open stent graft implantation using a newly developed stent graft: report of a case.
abstract: We experienced a case in which a total arch replacement and an open stent implantation were performed for a distal aortic arch aneurysm using a newly developed stent graft (Ube CL-0201; Ube Medical, Tokyo, Japan). This novel stent graft is composed of a woven polyester graft and a nickel-titanium alloy stent, and has been under evaluation in clinical trials at four institutions in Japan, including our hospital, since 2008. The patient was weaned from the respirator on the day after surgery, and 9 months have passed since the surgery with no complications. A follow-up computed tomography scan showed that the stent part was sufficiently open, and no complications, such as an endoleak, have been observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sezai
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Mitsumasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niino
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshitake
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakui
authors.forename: Kishu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takasaka
authors.forename: Hideomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Kazutomo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed