Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

cardiac tamponade during thoracic endovascular aortic repair

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Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria; Interventional Cardiology, Clı́nico San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,...

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracic aortic mobile thrombus

Thoracic aortic mobile thrombus is a rare and significant source of peripheral, visceral, as well as cerebral emboli. A 51-year-old female with a history of emergency left brachial artery embolectomy 5 months previously was referred to our unit for evaluation of a mobile thrombus in the descending thoracic aorta. We describe the successful primary treatment of a symptomatic mobile thrombus in t...

endovascular repair of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair of aortobronchial fistulas.

BACKGROUND Thoracic endovascular aortic repair of aortobronchial fistulas is an emerging treatment modality for this highly lethal condition. The feasibility and long-term durability of this form of intervention are largely unknown. METHODS The records of five patients who received endografts to treat aortobronchial fistulas at our institution were reviewed. A literature review was also condu...