Treatment of co-existing thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms using combined endoluminal stent grafts and conventional surgery.

Endovascular stent grafting of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms.

The treatment of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms using endovascular stents is one of the more recent advances in treatment and is receiving increasing attention as it is a less invasive alternative to open surgical repair. Although the technology is still primitive, significant improvements have lately been made in the design and deployment of the endovascular stent-grafts. Aortic stent-gr...

Simultaneous abdominal aortic replacement and thoracic stent-graft placement for multilevel aortic disease.

PURPOSE Patients with aneurysmal disease involving both the descending thoracic and abdominal aorta have historically required simultaneous or sequential conventional operations, but the morbidity rate is high with either approach in these patients, who often exhibit coexisting cardiopulmonary disease. Transluminally placed endovascular grafts have recently been developed for repair of aortic a...

Multiple HIV-related aneurysms: open and endovascular treatment.

PURPOSE To report successful endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms in 2 patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). CASE REPORTS Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) were found in a 60-year-old woman 1 year after she was diagnosed with HIV. Because of pain and risk of rupture, the AAA was repaired with conventional open techniques in February 1997, while the thoracic...

editOrials towards endovascular treatment of the entire aorta

endovascular devices and techniques will evolve to expand applicability and provide therapy for most aortic diseases, including a growing number of diseases of the arch and the ascending aorta [4]. Complex aortic aneurysms that involve major aortic branch origins include those juxtaposed or involving the renal arteries (juxtarenal, perirenal), the visceral arteries (thoraco-abdominal) and the g...

Endovascular Grafts for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms MP-1.132 Endovascular Stent Grafts for Disorders of the Thoracic Aorta