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Endovascular Repair of Iatrogenic Aortic Rupture
Author(s) -
Lo Casey,
Galvin Sean D.,
Barnett Stephen,
Seevanayagam Siven
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12162
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracic aorta , aortic repair , surgery , stent , endovascular treatment , descending aorta , aorta , radiology , aneurysm
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has been used for traumatic and acute spontaneous rupture of the descending thoracic aorta with good results. We present the case of a 40‐year‐old male whose thoracic spinal prosthesis eroded through the descending thoracic aorta; the aortic disruption was successfully managed with emergent deployment of an endovascular stent. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12162 (J Card Surg 2013;28:561–563)