Aortic arch rupture after multiple multilayer stent treatment of a thoracoabdominal aneurysm.

Ferrero, Emanuele; Gibello, Lorenzo; Ferri, Michelangelo; Viazzo, Andrea; Nessi, Franco · J Vasc Surg · 2014

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Despite the improvement in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, the treatment of thoracoabdominal aneurysms is still burdened with a high incidence of peri/postoperative morbidity and mortality. The multilayer flow modulator is a new and promising technique for the treatment of such disease; however, some limits are still evident. We report the case of a 76-year-old woman affected by a symptomatic thoracoabdominal aneurysm treated with multiple Cardiatis multilayer flow modulators complicated by aortic arch rupture on the fifth postoperative day, with subsequent patient death.

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