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Thoracic aortic disease: Can we safely cover the branches?
Author(s) -
Shatila Wassim,
Krajcer Zvonimir
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.28916
Subject(s) - medicine , fenestration , aortic repair , surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , bridge (graph theory) , thoracic aorta , thoracic aortic aneurysm , radiology , cardiology , aorta , aortic aneurysm
Key Points Thoracic aortic disease has usually been treated with surgery. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair is challenging if supra‐aortic vessels are involved. In situ fenestration of the main graft from a retrograde approach while using bare‐metal stents as bridge stents appears to be a safe and practical technique.