| A Re-Expanding Descending Thoracic
Aortic Aneurysm after Stent-Grafting |
(Department of Surgery II, Ehime University School
of Medicine, Ehime, Japan)
| Nobuo Tsunooka |
Kanji Kawachi |
Yoshihiro Hamada |
| Tatsuhiro Nakata |
Yoshitsugu Nakamura |
Katsutoshi Miyauchi |
| Hiroshi Imagawa |
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A descending thoracoaortic aneurysm
excluded by stent-grafting had expanded during a period of one
and a half years. There was no endoleakage but there was shortening
of the stent-landing on both proximal and distal sides. Aneurysm
seemed to be pressed by blood pressure through the graft in TEE.
The aneurysm was replaced by an artificial graft through a left
heart bypass. Because ESP diminished during the operation, VIth
intercostal arteries were reconstructed immediately, and CSF
drainage was performed. Following this procedure there was no
paraplegia.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 32: 38-40 (2003) |
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