Balloon-Supported Passage of a Stent-Graft into the Aortic Arch

  • Na Lae Eun
  • Dahye Lee
  • Suk-Won Song
  • Seung-Moon Joo
  • Tilo Kölbel
  • Kwang-Hun Lee

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Abstract

A 62-year-old man was admitted, and thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) procedure was performed to treat an accidentally detected aortic aneurysm, which was 63 mm in diameter. While performing TEVAR, the passage of the stent-graft introducer system was impossible due to the prolapse of the introducer system into a wide-necked aneurysm; this aneurysm was located at the greater curvature of the proximal descending thoracic aorta. In order to advance the introducer system, a compliant balloon was inflated. Thus, we created an artificial wall in the aneurysm with this inflated balloon. Finally, we were able to advance the introducer system into the target zone.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
ISSN1229-6929
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16.07.2015
PubMed 26175573