title: [Successful treatment using thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) to mycotic aortic aneurysm; report of a case].
abstract: We describe a case with mycotic aneurysm in a descending thoracic aorta. We applied thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) technique to that aortic aneurysm after administering the high dose antibiotics and controlling the infection. Postoperative course was uneventful and he was in a good condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagaya
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: Tsunehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komatsu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome