title: Transapical endovascular repair with a table-tailored endograft to treat ascending aortic dissection.
abstract: Current endografts, which were designed primarily for the descending aorta, have significant limitations when used in the ascending aorta. We report our initial experience using the transapical endovascular approach to treat an ascending aortic dissection with a table-tailored commercial stent graft.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgical Division, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chien-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Shoei-Shen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Nai-Hsin
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: I-Hui
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome