title: Treatment of a complex thoracoabdominal aneurysm and dissection with a branched graft.
abstract: This article describes the management of a patient with a complex symptomatic thoracoabdominal aneurysm and discusses the branched graft approach to surgical repair of complex aortic aneurysms. The case highlights the importance of a team approach during a complex, high-risk surgery and the perioperative period.
authors.affiliation: Kristen M. Piazza practices in the Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. James H. Black III is an associate professor of surgery and chief of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at the University of Colorado in Denver. Natalia O. Glebova is an assistant professor of surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Kristen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Natalia O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Glebova
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D058017:Vascular Grafting / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods