Antegrade deployment of a thoracic endograft using a minithoracotomy.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.10.056.
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Abstract
We report a case of a woman who presented with a symptomatic penetrating aortic ulcer of the descending aorta and prohibitive aortoiliac occlusive disease. The thoracic stent graft was delivered using surgical exposure of the ascending aorta.
Medical subject headings
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Aortic Diseases
- Prosthesis Implantation
- Stents
- Thoracotomy
- Ulcer