Customized transapical thoracic endovascular repair for acute type A dissection
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Abstract
A 67-year-old patient with severe comorbidities and acute type A aortic dissection with pericardial tamponade was treated with an endograft introduced through a mini-thoracotomy and puncture of the left ventricular apex. Final angiography showed complete coverage of the dissection. Early and 6-month follow-up computed tomography showed full apposition of the endograft without residual dissection. Transapical thoracic endovascular repair of acute type A aortic dissection appears to be feasible and is associated with minimal physiologic compromise. It may provide a less invasive alternative for patients with increased operative mortality.
Bibliographical data
Original language | English |
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ISSN | 0003-4975 |
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Publication status | Published - 02.2013 |
Comment Deanary
Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PubMed | 23336881 |
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